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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/15px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/20px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:6px"><div>Lod AB</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Shown within Israel</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Lod_Airbase&params=32_00_41_N_034_53_18_E_type:airport"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">32°00′41″N</span> <span class="longitude">034°53′18″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">32.01139°N 34.88833°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">32.01139; 34.88833</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Airbase</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" title="Israeli Air Force">Israeli Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">1934<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1934</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In use</th><td class="infobox-data">1938-48 RAF Use<br />1948 – 2008<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2008</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Airfield information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Identifiers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Association_airport_code" class="mw-redirect" title="International Air Transport Association airport code">IATA</a>: TLV, <a href="/wiki/International_Civil_Aviation_Organization_airport_code" class="mw-redirect" title="International Civil Aviation Organization airport code">ICAO</a>: LLBG</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="width:100%; margin:-2px -1px -1px -1px; border-spacing:0;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #ddd"> <th colspan="2" style="font-weight:normal; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 0 1px 0;">Runways</th> </tr><tr style="background-color: #ddd; text-align: left;"> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal; width: 25%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 1px 0 0;padding:1px 2px;"><a href="/wiki/Runway#Orientation_and_dimensions" title="Runway">Direction</a></th> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal; width: 75%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 0 0 1px;padding:1px 2px;">Length and surface</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">03/21</td> <td style="text-align: left;"> <a href="/wiki/Asphalt_concrete" title="Asphalt concrete">Asphalt</a></td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">08/26</td> <td style="text-align: left;"> Asphalt</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">12/30</td> <td style="text-align: left;"> Asphalt</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lod Airbase</b>, also <b>Air Force Base 27</b>, was an <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" title="Israeli Air Force">Israeli Air Force</a> (IAF) airbase that was part of the <a href="/wiki/Ben_Gurion_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Ben Gurion International Airport">Ben Gurion International Airport</a>, located approximately 7 km (4 mi) north of <a href="/wiki/Lod" title="Lod">Lod</a>; 8 km (5 mi) east-southeast of <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv" title="Tel Aviv">Tel Aviv</a>. </p><p>From 1938 to 1948 it was known as <b>RAF Lydda</b> while under <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> control.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lod_Airbase&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Lydda Airport, built in 1934,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was used by the Allies during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> becoming RAF Lydda on 1 March 1943. After the <a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_(Israel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Declaration of Independence (Israel)">Israeli declaration of independence</a> in May 1948, it became an <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" title="Israeli Air Force">IAF</a> airbase and the only international airport in the new state of Israel. The airbase part officially closed down on 2 August 2008, after its last units moved to <a href="/wiki/Nevatim_Airbase" title="Nevatim Airbase">Nevatim Airbase</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Negev" title="Negev">Negev</a>. On the same airfield the <a href="/wiki/Ben_Gurion_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Ben Gurion International Airport">Ben Gurion International Airport</a> is still operating as the main airport of Israel. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="RAF_Operational_units">RAF Operational units</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lod_Airbase&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: RAF Operational units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._14_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 14 Squadron RAF">No. 14 Squadron RAF</a> between 26 October and 4 November 1941 with the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Blenheim" title="Bristol Blenheim">Bristol Blenheim</a> IV<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198828_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198828-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._33_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 33 Squadron RAF">No. 33 Squadron RAF</a> between 21 October 1938 and 24 April 1939 with the <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Gladiator" title="Gloster Gladiator">Gloster Gladiator</a> I<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198836_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198836-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._55_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 55 Squadron RAF">No. 55 Squadron RAF</a> between 29 August 1942 and 7 March 1943 with the <a href="/wiki/Martin_Baltimore" title="Martin Baltimore">Martin Baltimore</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198842_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198842-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._134_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 134 Squadron RAF">No. 134 Squadron RAF</a> between 6 July and 16 November 1942 with the <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Supermarine Spitfire</a> VB<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198860_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198860-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._162_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 162 Squadron RAF">No. 162 Squadron RAF</a> between 12 April 1942 and 27 August 1943 with the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Blenheim" title="Bristol Blenheim">Bristol Blenheim</a> V<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198864_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198864-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._203_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 203 Squadron RAF">No. 203 Squadron RAF</a> between 30 April and 20 June 1941 with the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Blenheim" title="Bristol Blenheim">Bristol Blenheim</a> IV<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198868_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198868-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._211_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 211 Squadron RAF">No. 211 Squadron RAF</a> between 30 April and 10 May 1941 with the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Blenheim" title="Bristol Blenheim">Bristol Blenheim</a> I<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198870_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198870-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._294_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 294 Squadron RAF">No. 294 Squadron RAF</a> between 29 March 1944 and 6 June 1945 with the <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">Vickers Wellington</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198884_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198884-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._459_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 459 Squadron RAAF">No. 459 Squadron RAAF</a> between 18 December 1942 and 5 April 1944 with the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Hudson" title="Lockheed Hudson">Lockheed Hudson</a> III<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198893_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198893-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._1413_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 1413 Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 1413 (Meteorological) Flight RAF</a> (1942–1943 and 1945)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007120_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007120-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Between July and November 1942, the <a href="/wiki/B-17_Flying_Fortress_units_of_the_United_States_Army_Air_Forces#US_Army,_Middle_East_Air_Force_(USAMEAF)/Ninth_Air_Force" title="B-17 Flying Fortress units of the United States Army Air Forces">US Army, Middle East Air Force – USAMEAF</a> operated <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress</a> and <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated B-24 Liberator</a> aircraft from RAF Lydda. These aircraft were reassigned to <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> in November. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lod_Airbase&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of former Royal Air Force stations">List of former Royal Air Force stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_African_airfields_during_World_War_II" title="List of North African airfields during World War II">List of North African airfields during World War II</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lod_Airbase&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 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href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198870_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJefford1988">Jefford 1988</a>, p. 70.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198884-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198884_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJefford1988">Jefford 1988</a>, p. 84.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJefford198893-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJefford198893_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJefford1988">Jefford 1988</a>, p. 93.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007120-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlin2007120_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSturtivantHamlin2007">Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007</a>, p. 120.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lod_Airbase&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media 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A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912</i>. <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury" title="Shrewsbury">Shrewsbury</a>: Airlife. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85310-053-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-85310-053-6"><bdi>1-85310-053-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=RAF+Squadrons.+A+comprehensive+record+of+the+movement+and+equipment+of+all+RAF+squadrons+and+their+antecedents+since+1912&rft.place=Shrewsbury&rft.pub=Airlife&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=1-85310-053-6&rft.aulast=Jefford&rft.aufirst=C.+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALod+Airbase" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSturtivantHamlin2007" class="citation book cs1">Sturtivant, R.; Hamlin, J. 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UK: Air-Britain (Historians). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0851-3036-59" title="Special:BookSources/978-0851-3036-59"><bdi>978-0851-3036-59</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Royal+Air+Force+flying+training+and+support+units+since+1912&rft.place=UK&rft.pub=Air-Britain+%28Historians%29&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0851-3036-59&rft.aulast=Sturtivant&rft.aufirst=R.&rft.au=Hamlin%2C+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALod+Airbase" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">formations<br />and units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_commands" title="List of Royal Air Force commands">Commands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_groups" title="List of Royal Air Force groups">Groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wings_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="List of wings of the Royal Air Force">Wings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons">Squadrons</a></li> <li><a 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of Royal Air Force stations">Active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of former Royal Air Force stations">Former</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Satellite_Landing_Grounds" title="List of Royal Air Force Satellite Landing Grounds">Satellite Landing Grounds</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Regiment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Wings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_units" title="List of RAF Regiment units">Flights</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">branches and<br />components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Board" title="Air Force Board">Air Force Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Regiment" title="RAF Regiment">RAF Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Chaplains_Branch" title="Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch">RAF Chaplains Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Intelligence" title="RAF Intelligence">RAF Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Legal_Branch" title="RAF Legal Branch">RAF Legal Branch</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Air_Cadets" title="Royal Air Force Air Cadets">RAF Air Cadets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_operations" title="List of Royal Air Force operations">Operations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">reserve forces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Auxiliary_Air_Force" title="Royal Auxiliary Air Force">Royal Auxiliary Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Volunteer_Reserve" title="Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve">RAF Volunteer Reserve</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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David Airbase">Ramat David</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_St_Jean" title="RAF St Jean">St Jean</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Suweir_Air_Base" title="Abu Suweir Air Base">Abu Sueir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ismailia_Air_Base" title="Ismailia Air Base">Ismailia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_El_Amiriya" title="RAF El Amiriya">El Amiriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_El_Daba" title="RAF El Daba">Daba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Sultan_Air_Base" title="Abu Sultan Air Base">Deversoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayid_Air_Base" title="Fayid Air Base">Fayid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kibrit_Air_Base" title="Kibrit Air Base">Kabrit</a></li> <li>* <a href="/wiki/Landing_Ground_174" title="Landing Ground 174">Landing Ground 174</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cairo_International_Airport" title="Cairo International Airport">Payne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidi_Haneish_Airfield" title="Sidi Haneish Airfield">Sidi Haneish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baheira_Airfield" title="Baheira Airfield">Baheira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belandah_Airfield" title="Belandah Airfield">Belandah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benina_International_Airport" title="Benina International Airport">Benina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Castel_Benito" title="RAF Castel Benito">Castel Benito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berca_Airfield" title="Berca Airfield">Berca</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Gardane_Airfield" title="Ben Gardane Airfield">Ben Gardane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bou_Grara_Airfield" title="Bou Grara Airfield">Bou Grara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chekira_Airfield" title="Chekira Airfield">Chekira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hani_Airfield" title="Hani Airfield">Hani</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hazbub_Airfield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hazbub Airfield (page does not exist)">Hazbub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hergla_Airfield" title="Hergla Airfield">Hergla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Djem_Airfield" title="El Djem Airfield">El Djem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Haouaria_Airfield" title="El Haouaria Airfield">El Haouaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kairouan_Airfield" 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<li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Cottesmore" title="RAF Cottesmore">Cottesmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earls_Colne_Airfield" title="Earls Colne Airfield">Earls Colne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter_Airport" title="Exeter Airport">Exeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Folkingham" title="RAF Folkingham">Folkingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fulbeck" title="RAF Fulbeck">Fulbeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Gosfield" title="RAF Gosfield">Gosfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Great_Dunmow" title="RAF Great Dunmow">Great Dunmow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Greenham_Common" title="RAF Greenham Common">Greenham Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Grove" title="RAF Grove">Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_High_Halden" title="RAF High Halden">High Halden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Headcorn" title="RAF Headcorn">Headcorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Holmsley_South" title="RAF Holmsley South">Holmsley South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Hurn" title="RAF Hurn">Hurn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ibsley" title="RAF Ibsley">Ibsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Kingsnorth_(World_War_II)" title="RAF Kingsnorth (World War II)">Kingsnorth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Langar" title="RAF Langar">Langar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Headcorn_Aerodrome" title="Headcorn Aerodrome">Lashenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Little_Walden" title="RAF Little Walden">Little Walden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lymington" title="RAF Lymington">Lymington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Matching" title="RAF Matching">Matching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Membury" title="RAF Membury">Membury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Merryfield" title="RAF Merryfield">Merryfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Wallop_Flying_Station" title="Middle Wallop Flying Station">Middle Wallop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_North_Witham" title="RAF North Witham">North Witham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ramsbury" title="RAF Ramsbury">Ramsbury</a></li> <li><a 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style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/19th_Air_Division" title="19th Air Division">9th Air Division (was IX Bomber Command)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Air_Defense_Command" title="IX Air Defense Command">IX Air Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Fighter_Command" title="IX Fighter Command">IX Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Tactical_Air_Command" title="IX Tactical Air Command">IX Tactical Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Troop_Carrier_Command" title="IX Troop Carrier Command">IX Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XIX_Tactical_Air_Command" title="XIX Tactical Air Command">XIX Tactical Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XXIX_Tactical_Air_Command_(Provisional)" title="XXIX Tactical Air Command (Provisional)">XXIX Tactical Air</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Bombardment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/97th_Bombardment_Wing_(U.S._Army_Air_Forces)" title="97th Bombardment Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces)">97th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" title="98th Combat Bombardment Wing">98th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Air_Division" title="44th Air Division">99th Bombardment </a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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