140th ("The Golden Eagle") Squadron
Israel /
Hadarom /
Kuseife /
World
/ Israel
/ Hadarom
/ Kuseife
squadron (military), invisible
Aircraft Serving: F-35I (known in Hebrew as the "Adir", meaning "mighty")
140 Squadron of the Israeli Air Force, also Golden Eagle Squadron, is an F-35I "Adir" squadron based at Nevatim Airbase in Israel.Formerly an F-16A/B squadron, the squadron was closed on 2 August 2013, as part of IDF budget cuts, its aircraft allocated to 116 Squadron (Defenders of the South). In 2015 it was announced that the "Golden Eagle" will be the first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Squadron in the IAF. The squadron received its first two aircraft on December 12, 2016.
www.iaf.org.il/4968-33540-en/IAF.aspx
140 Squadron of the Israeli Air Force, also Golden Eagle Squadron, is an F-35I "Adir" squadron based at Nevatim Airbase in Israel.Formerly an F-16A/B squadron, the squadron was closed on 2 August 2013, as part of IDF budget cuts, its aircraft allocated to 116 Squadron (Defenders of the South). In 2015 it was announced that the "Golden Eagle" will be the first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Squadron in the IAF. The squadron received its first two aircraft on December 12, 2016.
www.iaf.org.il/4968-33540-en/IAF.aspx
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/140_Squadron_(Israel)
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 31°12'6"N 35°2'24"E
- Wadi Araba 27 km
- Al-Qasaba (At-Tafilah) 36 km
- Judea 55 km
- Judaean Desert 68 km
- Gush Etzion 68 km
- Negev 70 km
- Megilot 72 km
- Mateh Binyamin 98 km
- Al-Quairah 147 km
- Judea and Samaria ("West Bank") 151 km
- Reforestation Area 0.9 km
- Officer Married Quarters 1.5 km
- Taxiway & Aprons Network 2.1 km
- Runway 7/25 2.1 km
- Remote bomb & munitions Depot 2.3 km
- Reforestation Area 2.7 km
- Aircraft hangars 3.6 km
- Rās Jarābā 16 km
- Mine 17 km
- ? plantation 18 km