Nevatim Airbase

Nevatim Israeli Air Force Base
IATA: none – ICAO: LLNV
Summary
Airport type		Military
Operator		Israeli Air Force
Location		Be'er Sheva
Elevation AMSL		1,312 ft / 400 m
Coordinates		31°12′30.05″N 35°00′44.28″E / 31.2083472°N 35.0123°E / 31.2083472; 35.0123Coordinates: 31°12′30.05″N 35°00′44.28″E / 31.2083472°N 35.0123°E / 31.2083472; 35.0123
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
08/26	10,007	3,050
08/26	8,005	2,440

Nevatim Israeli Air Force Base (ICAO: LLNV), also Air Force Base 28, is one of the three principal airfields of the Israeli Air Force located southeast of Be'er Sheva, near the moshav of Nevatim. It was built as a rough runway in 1947 for the Sherut Avir, the air wing of the Haganah, and was named Malhata. It was reopened in 1983 as a new modern airbase with 2 runways as the result of joint Israeli and US government funding as part of the IAF's redeployment out of its bases in the Sinai after it was returned to Egypt following the Camp David Accords. Since 2003 the base has gradually received more squadrons of F-16s.

Israel's fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35I's will be based in Nevatim starting in 2015.^[1]

Units

• 103rd Squadron – operating C-130
• 116th Squadron – operating F-16A/B
• 120th Squadron – operating Boeing 707
• 122nd Squadron – operating Gulfstream G550
• 131st Squadron – operating C-130
• 140th Squadron – operating F-16A/B

References

1. ^ Gedalyahu, Tzvi Ben. "F-35 Stealth Fighter to Be Based in Negev." Arutz Sheva 7, 22 November 2011.

• Nevatim from globalsecurity.org
• Aeroflight World Airforces

See also

• List of airports in Israel and the occupied territories