Air Force commander Maj.-Gen. Ido Nehushtan described Monday's celebratory flight of the IDF's transport and refueling aircraft from their home in Lod for the past 40 years to Nevatim the newest and largest air force base in the Middle East in the central Negev, as a historic day. Veteran pilots who served in various squadrons in Lod participated in the ceremony before flying south to their new mother base.08/26/08
