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Ramat David is an Israeli Air Force base located in the northern part of Israel in the Northern District, which is the main military base in northern Israel. The air base was established in 1941 and was one of the main parts of the British Air Force infrastructure in Mandate Palestine. It was established to counteract German air raids during World War II. The British named the Ramat David air base after David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister in 1916-1922. In modern history, the airbase has a great deal of combat experience. Almost all types of Israeli Air Force aircraft were based there at different times. French Dassault Mystère IV and Sud Aviation Vautour II jets were among the first to be in service, and later the famous Dassault Mirage III. The pilots of the Ramat David airbase were the first in the world who managed to shoot down Soviet fighters with variable geometry of the MiG-23 wing. Since 1985, the basis of the aviation group at the airfield Ramat David are fighters F16C and F16D, 117th and 109th Israeli Air Force squadron, respectively, as well as helicopters Eurocopter AS565 Panther 193 helicopter squadron. Pilots of this airbase took part in all Arab-Israeli wars - Six-Day War 1967, Doomsday War 1973, Lebanese War 1982. The pilots of this very air base ensured the destruction of the nuclear reactor in Iran as part of a special operation of the Israeli Air Force. In total, the pilots of the air base Ramat David have more than 120 air victories.

We continue to introduce users of the DCS Syria project. And today we publish screenshots of one of the important airfields of the project - Incirlik Air Base, Ramat David Air Base, Beirut International Airport. Incirlik Air Base is a military air base in Turkey, used by the U.S. and Turkish Air Force. It is located 8 km from Adana. The easternmost base of the US Air Force and NATO Command in Europe. The decision to build the air base was taken at the Second Cairo Conference in December 1943 and was built immediately after the end of World War II, as a reserve airfield for medium and heavy bombers of the U.S. Air Force. In December 1954, a joint use agreement was signed with the Turkish Air Force. Already in the first years it became clear the value of the base both for reconnaissance operations against the USSR and for rapid response to crises in the Middle East. Already in 1956, from Injirlik began reconnaissance flights of U-2 to NATO bases in northern Norway and back. In addition, it was used by planes that made reconnaissance flights over the Black and Caspian Seas. At present, Incirlik remains the largest U.S. air base in the Middle East. Its warehouses hold ready-to-use nuclear weapons. The 39th Aviation Wing of the U.S. Air Force is based on it. Among the aircraft on duty at the airbase there are all types of aircraft in the U.S. arsenal. These are F16 fighter bombers and A10 attack aircraft, F15 fighters and B52 strategic bombers. There are also C17 and C130 military transport aircraft, KC135 refuelers. Incirlik Airbase still plays an important role in reconnaissance operations. It is the base for the "eyes and ears" of the American command E-3 "AVAKS" and E-8 "Gistars" aircraft.

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Mezze (OS67) Syrian Air Force Air Base, located in Mezzeh, Damascus, Syria, southwest of the old center of Damascus. Wiki: In mid-2013 the airport was described by the BBC as "an important strategic installation [which] plays a significant role in distributing the government's military supplies." [2] Reuters reported in mid-2013 that it was "used by Syria's elite Republican Guards, Special Forces and Air Force Intelligence, [and] also serves as a private airport for the Assad family. " Mezzeh Military Airport has a runway 06-24 of 2517 m length.

Palmyra (OSPR) - Syrian Air Force Airfield, During the conflict, it was repeatedly captured by various parties to the conflict. Located near the World Heritage Site - Palmyra Palmyra airport has a runway 08-26 of 2880 m length.

We see that you enjoyed the overview video of Damascus. And so we decided to add a small preview of some Syrian airfields into which you can fly. These are Aleppo Int, Palmyra and Mezze. Aleppo International Airport (OSAP) The airport used to serve as a secondary hub for Syrian Air - as Nairab Airbase. MiG-23 aircraft are deployed on it, according to some reports, it was used to supply military equipment from Russia and Iran in 2013. Aleppo International Airport has a runway 09-27 of 3110 m length.

The list of airfields is not final. T4 and Shayrat will be included in the map release.

We are constantly working on improving the map, we hope that by the time of its release it will delight pilots of the Air Force of the Russian Federation and DCS World users. In July, we plan to show a Syria Map (Hmeimim) to pilots of the Lipetsk Air Center.

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Another facility is Latakia International Airport and Hmeimim Air Base, which have always been of strategic importance to the entire Middle East theatre of military operations. It is located 30 km from the Syrian-Turkish border and was a dual base airfield, with civilian and military aircraft flying. Since 2015, it has been home to the Russian Air Force in Syria. That aviation group was established to combat international terrorism in the Syrian Arab Republic. It consists of Su-24 and Su-34 bombers, Su-25 attack aircraft and Su-27 and Su30 fighter jets. Latakia Bassel Al-Assad International Airport: has 2 parallel lanes, 17L-35R (length 2,500 m) and 17R-35L (length 2,800 m), with take-off/landing courses of 173° and 353°. In the next publication, we will talk about Beirut International Airport, the Israeli military airfield Ramat David and the largest US Air Force base in the Middle East - Incirlik UPD:

Also important object of military infrastructure of DCS Syria project is Marge Ruhayil airfield. It is one of the largest military airfields in the Syrian Arab Republic, an essential element of the air defense of the Syrian capital. Already in the "Doomsday" war, the first large-scale Arab-Israeli conflict of 1967, MiG jets took off from this airfield. Marge Ruhayil was attacked by the Israel Air Force more often than other airfields. Su-22, MiG-19, MiG-21 and MiG-29 were based on this airfield at different times, and even the training and combat L39. All these aircraft are in the DCS arsenal and are available to our users. Marge Ruhayil military airfield has a runway 06-24 of 2985 m length with take-off/landing courses of 57° and 237°.

Today we will show three large Syrian airfields of DCS Syria project, which are going through the final stage of debugging and testing. Damascus International Airport. It is one of the largest airfields in the Middle East. In peacetime, its services were used by over 5 million people annually. But both in the 20th century and nowadays, not only civil planes land at this airfield. And today, there are several squadrons of Syrian Air Force armed with MiGs of Soviet construction in capons at this airport. Also at this airfield are based more modern MiG-29 of the Air Force of Iran, which often supports combat operations of the Iranian army, which, in turn, is an ally of the Syrian government troops. Damascus International Airport has 2 parallel runways: 05L-23R and 05R-23L for 3600 m each. Take off/landing courses: 045° and 225°.