Eilat Naval Base (Eilat)
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Israel Defense Forces (IDF), naval base
The Eilat base was founded in 1951 and has been in charge of the Red Sea Naval zone of the Israeli navy since 1981, when the Red Sea Naval command center was withdrawn from Sharm el-Sheikh according to the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. The emblem of Eilat naval base (above) represents the red roofs of Eilat.
Order of Battle
915th Patrol Squadron
A main focus of the work of the base forces is the patrol and inspection of the thousands of tourist pleasure craft, operating in the warm waters of the Gulf of Aqaba off the coast of Eilat, which is Israel's premier warm water tourist resort, in the on going efforts in counter terrorism.
www.navy.idf.il/1141-he/Navy.aspx
Order of Battle
915th Patrol Squadron
A main focus of the work of the base forces is the patrol and inspection of the thousands of tourist pleasure craft, operating in the warm waters of the Gulf of Aqaba off the coast of Eilat, which is Israel's premier warm water tourist resort, in the on going efforts in counter terrorism.
www.navy.idf.il/1141-he/Navy.aspx
Wikipedia article: http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/חיל_הים#.D7.9E.D7.98.D7.94_.D7.97.D7.99.D7.9C_.D7.94.D7.99.D7.9D
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 29°32'38"N 34°56'59"E
- Ovda IAF Airbase & International Airport 49 km
- IAF Ramon Airbase 143 km
- Mahane (Camp) Ahdir 155 km
- Nevatim Airbase 187 km
- Tze'elim Army Base (MATBAT-B) : IDF Tactical Training Center (TTC) 189 km
- Hatzerim Airbase 195 km
- IAF Hatzor Airbase (ICAO: LLHS) 251 km
- Sdot Micha Airbase 251 km
- Tel Nof Airbase 257 km
- IAF Palmachim Airbase 267 km
- Salt evaporation ponds 2.4 km
- The Dagger's Tip 3 km
- EAPC Eilat Oil Terminal - Ramat-Yotam Tank Farm 3.6 km
- Ayla Oasis 3.9 km
- Aqaba Water -Wastewater Treatment Plant 4.9 km
- Har Yedidya 5.8 km
- Shkhoret Industrial Zone 6.1 km
- Taba Mountains 16 km
- Wadi Araba 82 km
- Gulf of Aqaba 88 km