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16 April 2013
| The open day at Ramat David had a few surprises in store. Usually cars and coaches park on the grass at the northern |
| (Kibbutz Ramat David) entrance. This year we had to park on runway 15-33. This gave us a free tour over a part of the base |
| and the opportunity to see some additional F-16s in their |
| shelter areas. The four 110sq F-16s could be seen taxiing back to their shelters and even a few reasonable pictures could |
| be made...much to the annoyance of a (male) guard. Funny; a group of female guards did not care at all and seemed to |
| be more interested in their mobile phones. As the flypast was deemed to be overhead of the static, we picked a spot |
| on the south side of the parking. This proved to be the only correct choice, and all 22 aircraft were photographed without |
| problems. Unfortunately all were pretty high, and seven helicopters were cancelled due to high winds. Nevertheless, |
| this was the best Ramat David open day in the past 12+ years. Later in the afternoon we had a visit at Haifa which we barely |
| made as it took us at least an hour to leave Ramat David due to a classic bottleneck; compress a column of six cars wide to |
| a single file. Warning; arrive early to avoid the traffic jam to the base, and finish before the crowds become too large. |
| Static: | |||
| 399 | A-4N | 102sq | |
| 290 | KC707 | 120sq |
| 531 | AH-1 Tsefa-E | 160sq |
| 806 | AH-64A | 190sq |
| 895 | AS565MA | 193sq |
| 985 | Yasur 2025 | 118sq |
| 695 | F-15A | 133sq | 4 kills |
| 244 | F-15I | 69sq |
| 315 | F-16C | 117sq |
| 321 | F-16C | 117sq |
| 341 | F-16C | 117sq |
| 383 | F-16C | 110sq |
| 386 | F-16C | 110sq |
| 063 | F-16D | 109sq |
| 083 | F-16D | 109sq |
| 417 | F-16I | 253sq |
| 389 | Raytheon A36 | 135sq |
| 837 | S-70A | 124sq |
| Flying: | |||
| 359 | F-16C | 110sq | |
| 367 | F-16C | 110sq |
| 371 | F-16C | 110sq |
| 391 | F-16C | 110sq |
| 891 | AS565MA | 193sq |
| 4X-BME | Bell206B | Police |
| Flying only: | |||
| 400 | T-6A | FTS/Aerobatic Team | |
| 488 | T-6A | FTS/Aerobatic Team |
| 493 | T-6A | FTS/Aerobatic Team |
| 497 | T-6A | FTS/Aerobatic Team |
| Flypast: | |||
| 711 | Beech 200CT | 135sq | |
| 721 | Beech 200CT | 135sq |
| 730 | Beech 200CT | 135sq |
| 428 | C-130H | 103/131sq |
| 435 | C-130H | 103/131sq |
| 545 | KC-130H | 103/131sq |
| 569 | G 550 N. Eitam | 122sq |
| 1x (676?) | G-V N. Shavit | 122sq serial from SBS data |
| 275 | KC707 | 120sq |
| 223, 252, 255 | F-15I | 69sq |
| 252 | F-15I | 69sq |
| 255 | F-15I | 69sq |
| 610 | F-16D | 105sq |
| 624 | F-16D | 105sq |
| 638 | F-16D | 105sq |
| 666 | F-16D | 105sq |
| 678 | F-16D | 105sq |
| 823 | F-16I | 107sq |
| 848 | F-16I | 107sq |
| 891 | F-16I | 107sq |
| 894 | F-16I | 107sq |
| 898 | F-16I | 107sq |
| Elsewhere: | |||
| 384 | F-16C | 110sq | |
| 399 | F-16C | 110sq |
| 050 | F-16D | 109sq |
| 812 | AH-64A | 190sq |
| 812 | AH-64A | 190sq |
| 837 | AH-64A | 190sq |
| 845 | AH-64A | 190sq |
| Gate Guards and preserved: | |||
| 241 | A-4H | right side of gate | |
| 202 | H500MD/TOW | right side of gate |
| 669 | AH-1 Tsefa-A | (is 126) | right side of gate |
| 210 | H500MD/TOW | 190sq | left side of gate |
| 814 | Kfir C2 | 109sq | left side of gate |
| 328 | A-4N | 110sq | left side of gate |
| 31 | Meteor FR9 | left side of gate |
| nm | Mystere IVA | left side of gate, vertical |
| 144 | F-4E | left side of gate |
| ‘04’ | Mystere IVA | 110sq | n-e side of base |
| 112 | F-4E | n-e side of base |
| (13) | Meteor F8 | s-e side of base |
| (26) | Vautour IIA | (110sq) | south side of base |
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