Hatzerim Airbase

Hatzerim Israeli Air Force Base בָּסִיס חֵיל-הַאֲוִויר חֲצֵרִים‎
IATA: none ICAO: LLHB
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Israeli Air Force
Location	Beersheba
Elevation AMSL	722 ft / 220 m
Coordinates	31°14′00.09″N 34°39′45.21″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10R/28L 9,022 2,750 10L/28R 8,005 2,440 15/33 6,004 1,830 09/27 6,004 1,830

Hatzerim Israeli Air Force Base (Hebrew: בָּסִיס חֵיל-הַאֲוִויר חֲצֵרִים‎, Bsis Heil HaAvir Hatzerim) (ICAO: LLHB) is an air base of the Israeli Air Force in the Negev Desert on the west outskirts of Beersheba, near Kibbutz Hatzerim. The base was constructed during the early 1960s and declared operational on 3 October 1966, the first air base located on a former Royal Air Force base. At Hatzerim is the Israeli Air Force Museum, which opened in 1977 and has allowed public access since June 1991. The IAF Flight Academy has been housed at Hatzerim since April 1966 and the IAF Aerobatic Team is located there as well.

Units

• 69 Squadron (Israel) F-15I
• 102 Squadron (Israel) M.346 Lavi
• 107 Squadron (Israel) F-16I
• 123 Squadron (Israel) UH-60 Black Hawk

Commanders

Cadet graduation ceremony at Hazerim Airbase

• Colonel "Joe" Yosef Alon (first commander and founder)
• Yaakov Turner (1977-1981)
• Brigadier General Amiram Elyasaf
• Brigadier General Amos Yadlin (1995-1998)
• Brigadier General Roni Falec (1998-2001)
• Brigadier General Yohanan Lucker (2001-2004)
• Brigadier General Shelly Gutman

References

• Hatzerim on globalsecurity.org

See also

• List of airports in Israel

External links

• Hatzerim Israel Airforce Museum (Hebrew)