Target Practice Airfield
Israel /
Hadarom /
Merkaz Shappira /
World
/ Israel
/ Hadarom
/ Merkaz Shappira
World / Israel
military, target (military)
Constructed by the IDF in the deep desert for use during interceptor & bombing practice exercises by the IAF. Typically 'attacking' flights might launch out of Ramon or Nevatim IAF Bases, whilst the 115th Aggressor (The Flying Dragons) Squadron, based out of Ovda IAF base, will attempt to 'defend'.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 30°45'12"N 35°10'3"E
- Target 'dummy' air base 55 km
- Target 'dummy' air base 66 km
- Military ramp (29th Brigade) 320 km
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- Shayrat Airbase 448 km
- Unidendtified Production ans Storage Area 498 km
- New Iranian military base "Imam Ali" 671 km
- Syrian/Iranian ammunition storehouses – southwest 671 km
- Syrian/Iranian ammunition storehouses – northwest - Compound A, B 672 km
- Osirak Nuclear Reactor 923 km
- Zin Desert 10 km
- Makhtesh Katan 24 km
- Outer Security Perimeter 28 km
- Al-Qasaba (At-Tafilah) 37 km
- Negev 39 km
- Dead Sea Evaporation Pans 47 km
- Wadi Al Hasa 48 km
- Wadi Araba 57 km
- ِAl Aghwar 60 km
- The Dead Sea 74 km