Tel Nof Airbase

Tel Nof Israeli Air Force Base Air Force Base 8
בָּסִיס חֵיל-הַאֲוִויר תֵּל נוֹף
Rehovot, Central District in Israel
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Coordinates	31°50′22.10″N 34°49′18.64″E / 31.8394722°N 34.8218444°E / 31.8394722; 34.8218444
Type	Airbase
Site information
Owner	Israel Defense Forces
Operator	Israeli Air Force
Site history
Built	1939 RAF / 1948 IAF
In use	1939 - present
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: LLEK
Elevation	59 metres (194 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 15R/33L 2,388 metres (7,835 ft) Asphalt 15L/33R 2,387 metres (7,831 ft) Asphalt 18/36 2,750 metres (9,022 ft) Asphalt 09/27 1,830 metres (6,004 ft) Asphalt

Tel Nof Airbase (Hebrew: בָּסִיס חֵיל-הַאֲוִויר תֵּל נוֹף, English: Lookout hill) (ICAO: LLEK), also known as Air Force Base 8, is the oldest and main base of the Israeli Air Force (IAF) located 5 km south of Rehovot, Israel. Tel Nof houses two strike fighter, two helicopter and a UAV squadron. Also located on the base are the Flight Test Center Manat and several special units of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), among others Unit 669 (heliborne Combat Search and Rescue, CSAR) and the Paratroopers Brigade training center and its headquarters.^[1]