Megiddo Auxiliary Airfield

Palestine / Janin / Zububa /
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Designated Shachar 7 by the IDF/AF. ICAO code: LLMG.
One runway 09/27 degrees of 7710 ft (2350 m) length. Opened in 1942. Served as an auxiliary field to Ramat David. Currently home to a gliding club, a detachment from Unit 505 and some agricultural aircraft used in the Izre-el valley.
Light aircraft/helicopter wartime forward operating base. in use for UAV operation

During the Six Day War, a Tu-16 was shot down by a local AA battery and crashed directly on the field. The defecting Syrian MiG-23 landed here. In October 1989, Syrian pilot Abdel Bassem landed his MiG-23ML on this strip. The Aircraft is now part of the IAF Museum at Hatzerim
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megiddo_Airport
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Coordinates:   32°35'54"N   35°13'46"E
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