Hatzor Israeli Air Force Base
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Hatzor Israeli Air Force Base is an Israeli Air Force military airbase, located in central Israel, near Kibutz Hatzor after which it is named.
The airbase was constructed by the Royal Air Force in 1945, during the British Mandate of Palestine, when it was called Kastina after a nearby Palestinian village.
On the night of the February 25th, 1946, Irgun militants attacked the airbase and destroyed parked RAF Halifax heavy bombers. Two additional RAF airbases (Liddya and Kfar Sirkin) were attacked that night, in what became known as the "Night of Airplanes". Altogether, the attacks destroyed 20 RAF planes and damaged several others. Following these attacks, RAF vacated some of its Palestine-based planes to Egypt. [link]
During the Israeli War of Independence, the airbase was evacuated by the British on March 15 1948 and taken over by Hagana forces.
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