A "historic day" was how Air Force commander Maj.-Gen. Ido Nehushtan described Monday's celebratory flight of the IDF's transport and refueling aircraft from their home in Lod for the past 40 years to the newest and largest air force base in the Middle East in the central Negev.
All of the IAF's Hercules transport planes, Boeing 707 refueling aircraft and AWACS took off in the afternoon from the Lod Air Force Base next to Ben-Gurion International Airport for a 45-minute flight to the IAF's now largest base located in Nevatim just east of Beersheba.
Veteran pilots who served in the various squadrons in Lod over the past 40 years came to participate in the celebration, which also signified the beginning of the Air Force's move to the Negev.
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