Ramon Air Force Base
Updated 2024-07-30
Ramon Airbase – Wikipedia Ramon Airbase, 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, it was formerly known as Matred.
The Ramon Airbase was built as the result of joint Israeli and US government funding as part of the IAF’s redeployment out of its bases Eitam, Etzion, Ofira and Refidim in the Sinai after the peninsula was handed over to Egypt following the 1978 Camp David Accords. It was constructed from 1979 to 1982 by US companies together with the bases Nevatim and Ovda. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Airbase
2024-04-14 At least 7 missiles hit Israeli Ramon airbase Sputnik cited the Zionist regime’s media sources that at least seven missiles hit Ramon Airbase base in the Negev desert.
In response to the Israeli terrorist attack on Iran’s consulate building in Syria on April 1, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked targets in occupied Palestine with dozens of drones and missiles early on Sunday. The Israeli regime attacked Iran’s consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus on April 1. The Israeli aggression led to the destruction of the entire building and the martyrdom and injury of the entire people inside it. Seven of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military advisors were martyred following the Israeli attack on Iran’s consulate in Damascus, IRGC said in a statement. https://en.mehrnews.com/news/213835/At-least-7-missiles-hit-Israeli-Ramon-airbase
2024-04-13 Iran State Media Say Israel Attack Dealt ‘Heavy Blows’ To Negev Air Base. https://www.barrons.com/news/iran-state-media-say-israel-attack-dealt-heavy-blows-to-negev-air-base-8181c8b7
2024-04-13 What we know about the strike Iran is sending into Israeli territory Iran launched more than 100 drones at Israel Saturday, in a retaliatory attack weeks after a strike hit an Iranian government building in Syria. Iran holds Israel responsible for the attack that killed two top Iranian commanders. The counter strike heightens concerns about “a major escalation between the regional archenemies,” Reuters reported.
According to a White House press release, President Joe Biden’s administration expects the attack to “unfold over a number of hours,” and confirmed the U.S.’s alliance with Israel. This attack is likely to unfold over a number of hours. “President Biden has been clear: our support for Israel’s security is ironclad. The United States will stand with the people of Israel and support their defense against these threats from Iran.”
The U.S. military shot down some of the Iranian drones en route to Israel Saturday afternoon. Israel has a “very strong defensive posture in order to address anything flying toward Israel,” an Israel Defense Forces official said, per The Washington Post.
Iran is targeting the Negev Desert region, an area that houses several military bases, per The New York Times.
“The attack, while expected, threatened to open a volatile new chapter in the long-running shadow war between Iran and Israel, marking a significant escalation in hostilities between the two regional foes,” the Times reported. https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2024/04/13/iran-launches-attack-on-israel/
2023-10-31 U.S.military base in Israel’s Negev desert revealed | Pentagon secretly operates military base code-named “Site 512” in Israel’s Negev desert Two months before the Palestinian resistance fighters attacked Israel, the Pentagon awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to build U.S. troop facilities for a secret base it maintains deep within Israel’s Negev desert, just 20 miles from Gaza. Code-named “Site 512,” the longstanding U.S. base is a radar facility that monitors the skies for missile attacks on Israel. https://www.anews.com.tr/middle-east/2023/10/31/usmilitary-base-in-israels-negev-desert-revealed-pentagon-secretly-operates-military-base-code-named-site-512-in-israels-negev-desert
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