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140 Squadron (Israel)

Israeli military unit

Field	Value
unit_name	140 Squadron
native_name	טייסת נשר הזהב
image	IAF Squadron 140 from 2016.png
country	Israel
branch
garrison	Nevatim Airbase
website
notable_commanders
identification_symbol_4_label
aircraft_attack	F-35I Adir
aircraft_fighter

140 Squadron's and Israel's first two F-35I jets on its arrival at Nevatim Airbase, December 2016

140 Squadron of the Israeli Air Force (IAF), also Golden Eagle Squadron, is an F-35I Adir squadron based at Nevatim Airbase in Israel.

History

Formerly an A-4H/N and then an F-16A/B squadron, the squadron was closed in August 2013, as part of IDF budget cuts. Its aircraft were allocated to 116 Squadron (Defenders of the South).

In 2015, it was announced that the "Golden Eagle" Squadron would be the first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Squadron in the IAF. The squadron received its first two aircraft in December 2016.

סקייהוק.jpg|An A-4H/N Skyhawk Ayit of 140 Squadron "Golden Eagle" of Etzion Airbase around 1973 IAF F-16A Netz 243 CIAF 2004.jpg|The F-16A Netz #243 of Ilan Ramon, involved in Operation Opera, exhibited in Czechia in 2004

References

"140 Squadron – The Golden Eagle". Globalsecurity.org.
(2016). "?". [[Key Publishing]].
Cohen, Gili. (December 12, 2016). "After Long Delay, IDF's First Two F-35 Fighter Jets Land in Israel". Haaretz.

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