The 118 Squadron of the
Israeli Air Force
The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defens ...
, also known as the Night Riders Squadron, is a helicopter squadron of
CH-53-2025 Sea Stallions based at
Tel Nof Airbase
Tel Nof Israeli Air Force ( he, בָּסִיס חֵיל-הַאֲוִויר תֵּל נוֹף) , also known as Air Force Base 8, is one of three principal airbases of the Israeli Air Force. It is located near Rehovot, Israel.
Tel Nof houses seve ...
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On 26 July 2010 a 118 Squadron
Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion ''Yas'ur'' helicopter crashed during a training flight at high altitude in the
Carpathian mountains, near the city of
Brasov in Romania. All on board died: four Israeli pilots, two Israeli mechanics and one Romanian officer.
See also
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Third Battle of Mount Hermon
The Third Battle of Mount Hermon was fought on the night of October 21–22, 1973, between the Israeli Army and the Syrian Army over Mount Hermon, during the last days of the Yom Kippur War. Syrian troops had captured the IDF outpost on th ...
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1997 Israeli helicopter disaster
The 1997 Israeli helicopter disaster ( he, אסון המסוקים: ''Ason HaMasokim'', lit. ''Disaster of the Helicopters'') occurred on February 4, 1997, when two Israeli Air Force transport helicopters ferrying Israeli soldiers into Israel's ...
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Operation Sharp and Smooth
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2010 IAF Sikorsky CH-53 crash
On 26 July 2010, an Israeli Air Force Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur helicopter crashed during a training flight in the Carpathian Mountains, near the city of Brașov in Romania. The accident took place during a joint Romanian-Israeli aviation military ex ...
References
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Israeli Air Force squadrons