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The 118 Squadron of the Israeli Air Force, also known as the Night Riders Squadron, is a helicopter squadron of CH-53-2025 Sea Stallions based at Tel Nof Airbase.[1] On 26 July 2010 a 118 Squadron Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion Yas'ur helicopter crashed during a training flight at high altitude in the Carpathian mountains, near the city of Brasov in Romania. All on board died: four Israeli pilots, two Israeli mechanics and one Romanian officer.[2][3]

118 Squadron
Night Riders
Country Israel
Branch Israeli Air Force
Garrison/HQTel Nof Airbase

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References


  1. "118 Squadron – The Nocturnal Birds of Prey". Globalsecurity.org. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  2. "'No survivors' from Romania military helicopter crash". BBC News. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  3. Anshel Pfeffer (26 July 2010). "Netanyahu: Romania helicopter crash is an immense tragedy". Haaretz. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
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