The 118 Squadron is an active helicopter squadron of the Israeli Air Force and is part of the Participation & Helicopter Group, based at Tel Nof Airbase.Established on October 1970 and nicknamed the "Night Birds", also known as the "Night Riders" and the "Nocturnal Birds of Pray", the squadron is operating the Sikorsky CH-53-2025 Yas'ur.
CH-53-2025 Yas'ur of the 118 Squadron at Tel Nof AFB
118 Squadron S-63C-3 (CH-53D) Yas'ur evacuating wounded soldiers during the Yom Kippur war, 1973.
118 Squadron CH-53-2000 Yas'ur in an exhibition at Tel Nof AFB, with a military Jeep at the back.
IDF delegation with 118 Squadron in Romania, while on the search for the bodies of the victims from the helicopter crash, 2010.
Tel Nof Airbase, also known as Air Force Base 8, is the oldest and main base of the Israeli Air Force (IAF) located 5 km south of Rehovot, Israel. Tel Nof houses two strike fighter, two helicopter and a UAV squadron. Also located on the base are the Flight Test Center and several special units of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), among others Unit 669 and the Paratroopers Brigade training center and its headquarters.
A Greek pilot in front of a British Hawker Hurricane at RAF Aqir, 1939-1943
A 76 OTU Vickers Wellington Mark X at RAF Aqir, 1944-1945
Handley Page Halifax of 113 Squadron from RAF Aqir, 1946-1947
An Avia S-199 of 101 Squadron at the IAF Museum in 2006
