Iaat airbase is a closed abandoned Lebanese air force air base, located in the town Iaat , north of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley.
Iaat airbase was built by the allied forced during World War II. After Lebanon's independence from French control over Lebanon in 1943, Iaat airbase had only a brief history. Employed by the Lebanese Air Force from independence in 1943. Iaat airbase closed in the 1960s. [1] However, the Iaat name was once again associated with military aviation in 2014, when satellite images revealed that Hezbollah had set up a drone airport not far from the old runways. [2]