Ramon Airbase
Israeli Air Force base near Mitzpe Ramon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Israeli Air Force base. For the similarly named international airport, see Ramon Airport.
Ramon Airbase (Hebrew: בסיס חיל-האוויר רמון (ICAO: LLRM), Basis Hayil-HaAvir Ramon, lit. Ramon Air Force Base) is an Israeli Air Force (IAF) base in the Negev desert, 50 km south of Beersheba and 20 km northwest of the town Mitzpe Ramon. The base and the town got their names from the huge "erosion crater" Makhtesh Ramon south of it. The base is also titled Kanaf 25 (Hebrew: כנף 25, lit. Wing 25), it was formerly known as Matred.
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בסיס חיל-האוויר רמון | |||||||||
Mitzpe Ramon, Southern District in Israel | |||||||||
Coordinates | 30°46′29″N 034°40′04″E | ||||||||
Type | Airbase | ||||||||
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Owner | Israel Defense Forces | ||||||||
Operator | Israeli Air Force | ||||||||
Site history | |||||||||
Built | 1979 (1979)-82 | ||||||||
Built by | US companies | ||||||||
In use | 1982 - present | ||||||||
Airfield information | |||||||||
Identifiers | ICAO: LLRM | ||||||||
Elevation | 648 metres (2,126 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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