124 Squadron (Israel)

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124 Squadron, established January 1st, 1958, is a squadron of the Israeli Air Force, also known as Rolling Sword Squadron.

124 Squadron is a helicopter squadron of S-70A and UH-60 Black Hawks based at Palmachim Airbase. [1]

History

The squadron was briefly assigned two ex-United States Coast Guard Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin. They were reassigned to the then new 193 Squadron (Israel) in June 1987.

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References

  1. "124 Squadron - The Rolling Sword". Globalsecurity.org. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009.