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IDF Building Longest Landing Strip in Middle East
Arutz Sheva ^ | 19 February 2008 | by Hana Levi Julian

Posted on 02/19/2008 12:46:06 AM PST by Ezekiel

(IsraelNN.com) The Israel Air Force has been quietly transforming its Nevatim base, a standard air force installation, into a Middle East wonder of the military world.

The plan to expand and upgrade the base into a massive complex designed to house various operational buildings as well as thousands of IAF personnel is well underway, with construction of the new base almost complete.

But the real centerpiece of the improved Negev-based IAF complex is its new landing strip, a whopping 2.5-mile paved highway on which the largest transport aircraft can land. It will be the largest landing strip in the entire Middle East.

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Israel; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iaf; idf; iran; israel; nevatim; saudiarabia; waronterror

1 posted on 02/19/2008 12:46:08 AM PST by Ezekiel
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To: Ezekiel

Good...very good.


2 posted on 02/19/2008 12:51:06 AM PST by Tainan (Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)
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To: Ezekiel

BTTT


3 posted on 02/19/2008 12:52:01 AM PST by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: Ezekiel

What good will that do with ElMorte in charge?

They need to clean house as bad as we do.


4 posted on 02/19/2008 12:53:41 AM PST by DoughtyOne (We've got Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dumb & Tweedle Dumber left. Name them in order. I dare ya.)
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To: Ezekiel

Expecting the messiah to have a really big airplane?


5 posted on 02/19/2008 3:09:01 AM PST by Waverunner ( "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire)
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To: Waverunner

Delivering some big loads to Iran.


6 posted on 02/19/2008 4:42:25 AM PST by SolidWood (All conservative effort into retaking Congress!)
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To: Jeremiah Jr; Lijahsbubbe

HaNegev Ping.


7 posted on 02/19/2008 5:09:00 AM PST by Ezekiel
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To: Ezekiel
Good. Now we won’t need Incirlik Air Base in Turkey.

I got swindled down there by 2 armed Turk Guards and a cab driver back in ‘78.

8 posted on 02/19/2008 5:18:29 AM PST by toddlintown (Ronald Reagan would vote for McCain, just like he sucked it up and supported Gerry Ford.)
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To: Ezekiel
Good. Now we won’t need Incirlik Air Base in Turkey.

I got swindled down there by 2 armed Turk Guards and a cab driver back in ‘78.

9 posted on 02/19/2008 5:22:23 AM PST by toddlintown (Ronald Reagan would vote for McCain, just like he sucked it up and supported Gerry Ford.)
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To: Ezekiel
a whopping 2.5-mile paved highway

When do highways and runways begin to whop? >1 mile? >2?Which of these are whoppers?

Dallas / Fort Worth International: 13401 feet

O'Hare International, Chicago: 13000 feet

John F Kennedy, New York City: 14572 feet

Miami International Airport, Miami: 13000 feet

Charles De Gaulle, Paris: 11811 feet

Frankfurt International, Frankfurt: 13123 feet

Barajas International, Madrid: 13451 feet

Hong Kong International, Hong Kong: 12467 feet

Beijing Capital International AIrport: 12467 feet

10 posted on 02/19/2008 5:53:31 AM PST by G L Tirebiter
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To: G L Tirebiter
Thanks for the info.

I got curios and looked up more data (wiki is a wonderful source, unless its hot potato politics)

    feet miles
Dallas / Fort Worth International   13,401 2.54
O'Hare International, Chicago   13,000 2.46
John F Kennedy, New York City   14,572 2.76
Miami International Airport, Miami   13,000 2.46
Charles De Gaulle, Paris   11,811 2.24
Frankfurt International, Frankfurt   13,123 2.49
Barajas International, Madrid   13,451 2.55
Hong Kong International, Hong Kong   12,467 2.36
Beijing Capital International Airport   12,467 2.36
Ben Gurion International Airport   11,811 2.24
Qamdo Bangda Airport People's Republic of China 18,045 3.42
Ramenskoye Airport Russia 17,726 3.36
Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport Russia 16,404 3.11
Embraer Unidade Gavião Peixoto Airport Brazil 16,295 3.09
Denver International Airport United States 16,000 3.03
Harare International Airport Zimbabwe 15,502 2.94
Kinshasa International Airport Democratic Republic of the Congo 15,420 2.92
Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport Namibia 15,327 2.90
Mmabatho International Airport South Africa 15,157 2.87
Hwange National Park Airport Zimbabwe 15,091 2.86
Southern California Logistics Airport United States 15,050 2.85
Edwards Air Force Base United States 15,013 2.84
Doha International Airport Qatar 15,000 2.84
Shuttle Landing Facility United States 15,000 2.84
Vandenberg Air Force Base United States 15,000 2.84
Bushehr Airport Iran 14,664 2.78
John F. Kennedy International Airport United States 14,572 2.76
Eielson Air Force Base United States 14,530 2.75
Shiraz International Airport Iran 14,220 2.69
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport India 14,048 2.66
Mandalay International Airport Burma 14,003 2.65
Naval Air Station Fallon United States 14,003 2.65
Zahedan International Airport Iran 13,993 2.65
Imam Khomeini International Airport Iran 13,940 2.64
Fairchild Air Force Base United States 13,899 2.63
Dayrestan Airport Iran 13,864 2.63
Charles de Gaulle International Airport France 13,829 2.62
King Khalid International Airport Saudi Arabia 13,796 2.61
Kirtland Air Force Base/Albuquerque International Sunport United States 13,793 2.61

        the list is continuing here

Looks like 2.5 miles is a definite upgrade to put Israel into the upper end for large airports.

11 posted on 02/19/2008 12:49:58 PM PST by Tolik
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To: Ezekiel

See my post #11. It won’t be the longest runway in the middle east (Saudi Arabia has quite a few - follow the link to wiki), but definitely in the upper end.


12 posted on 02/19/2008 12:52:35 PM PST by Tolik
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To: Tolik

I see Atlanta, one of the busiest in the world, didn’t make the list.


13 posted on 02/19/2008 3:55:35 PM PST by Waverunner ( "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire)
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To: Tolik

There it is. Eielson. Right next to it is a four-lane highway they can also land on, and it is a lot more then 3 miles long.


14 posted on 02/19/2008 3:58:27 PM PST by RightWhale (Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
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To: Ezekiel
But the real centerpiece of the improved Negev-based IAF complex is its new landing strip, a whopping 2.5-mile paved highway on which the largest transport aircraft can land. It will be the largest landing strip in the entire Middle East.

I wonder, could the space shuttle land there? Hmmm?

15 posted on 02/20/2008 11:34:04 AM PST by Jeremiah Jr (What would John Lennon do?)
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