• First established: August 1952, Hatzor AFB, with Mosquitos.
• Aircraft:
  1. Mosquito : October 1952 - mid. 1956.
  * Re-established 25/10/56, just before the Sinai Campaign, and finally disbanded January 1957.
  2. Vautour : Re-established, officially - October 1957.
  a. The 13 stored Vautour IIA were ferried to the squadron in April 1958.
  b. Subtype A served from April 1958 to late 1971.
  c. Subtype B/BR servrd from the beginning of 1959 to (the sole, last a/c) April 1972.
  d. Subtype N (transferred from squadron 119, end of July 1963), served till late 1971.
  - ( one N possibly served till mid. 1972 )
  e. From 1971 - reduced to a flight of active Vautours , within the Skyhawk 110 Sqn.
  f. A part were stored during 1970. The last were ferried to Sinai, to become decoys - March 1972.
  3. Meteor between 1964 - 1970, F.8/9 & T.7/7.5 subtypes, as an OTU detachment.
  4. A-4H/E Skyhawk : from August 1970. {at first as a Skyhawk detachment, and from beginning of 1971 as a Skyhawk squadron with a Vautour detachment)

1) Conversion courses to Vautour began in the squadron already in April 1958 (including also pilots of sqn. 119, from August that year).

2) Sqn. 110, with its two Vautour variants began combat missions as early as 1959 (PR sorties) and, starting 1962 carrying out ground attacks, during the events of the "war on the water sources", with Syria.

3) In July 1963 the few Vautour N of Sqn. 119 joined, and the combined force developed attacks with formations led by two-seaters. Preparations for "Moked" became the main training subject since 1964.

4) During 1964 to 1967 the Vautours of Sqn. 110 became highly effective, by putting an end to the Syrian attempts to divert the Jordan river sources.

5) A special contribution to the IDF intelligence was rendered by the long range photo sorties. These exceptional missions began in 1960, and became a central information source for the scheduled attacks according to the "Moked" order.

6) Squadron 110 achieved full incorporation of all the Vautour's combat capabilities and the skills of its crews (aircrew and ground crews). That is how so few aircraft fulfilled so successfully varied tasks and supplied the IAF with the "long-arm".


7) Squadron 110 fought gloriously in the Six Days War. At "T" time, morning of June 5, 1967 its strength consisted 18 serviceable aircraft and 32 crewmen. The Vautours performed more than 230 sorties during the 6 days of combat.

8) Sqn. 110 continued to operate the Vautours during after-war operations and The War of Attrition (March 1969-August 1970). Although the nature of these (mainly close support and short-range attacks) was changed, the amount of operational sorties was at least equal to all the operational sorties performed till, and during the SDW.

9) The squadron began conversion to Skyhawks in August 1970, operating in parallel Vautours and a detachment of Skyhawks. (In 1970 the last Meteors also phased out).

10) When the squadron became operational with the Skyhawks, a Vautour detachment remained active till mid. 1971.

11) A part of the Vautours were withdrawn and stored, a "Farewell Ceremony" took place in mid. 1971. In March 1972, some ten, in flight condition, were flown to two Sinai air-bases to become "realistic" decoys. (Three PR/ECM aircraft, BR-33, N-66 and N-70 served till April 1972, to fill the gap till the the RF-4E Phantoms would enter into service).

1. Major Somekh Yehezkel: {officially) from October 1957 to November 30, 1959.
   1. Y. Somekh was the last commander of the sqn. operating Mosquitos.
   2. From February 1957 he was involved in conversion, test flights, ferries and developing of doctrine. He, undoubtedly, was one of the main figures responsible for the Vautour's success in service.
   * Vice commanders of Somekh: Y, Agassi, S. Ash.
2. Major Agassi Yaakov: November 30, 1959 - July 31, 1963.
   1. Y. Agassi, given the nickname "Yaankale, the man of the Vautour", served as deputy of Somekh from the start, and he is responsible for a huge array of activities the Vautours had untertaken during those years.
   2. He himself participated in many daring missions, and under his command grew the first "generation" of the Six Days War crewmen.
   3. Agassi is considered as a "Walking Encyclopedia" regarding the Vautour. {The author was frequently advised:"....About this or that... Ask Agassi...!"}.
   * Vice commanders of Agassi: R. Har-el, Y. Sarig.
3. Major Nachman Ovadia: July 31, 1963 - August 31, 1964.
   1. Ovadia Nachman was the last commander of Sqn. 119 squadron with Vautour N. he was assigned the commander of the unified Vautours force.
   2. During his period began the "N" variant became a day fighter-bomber, leading/navigating attack formations.
   * Vice commanders of Nachman: Y. Shachar, M. Saar .
4. Major Sarig (Shpitzer) Yosef (Yossi): August 31, 1964 - 31 july 1965.
   1. Y. Sarig participated, during earlier years, as well as in the post of commander, in many daring sorties, mainly photo-recce missions. Training and developing of the attack doctrine continued under his command.
   2. In November 1964 Sarig led the first effective attacks of the Vautours, against Syrian posts and installations.
   * Vice commanders of Sarig: M. Saar, S. Keren .
5. Major Zur Levi : July 31, 1965 - August 31, 1967.
   1. L. Tzur led the squdron's preparations for the Six Days War.
   2. "Polishing" tactics, first EW sorties and more intelligence gathering, as military conflict had been envisaged "before 1968", were perormed, and even hastened, during his period.
   3. Several events, in which the Vautours attacked Syrian forces and positions, occurred during his period, these contribuyed much to the end of "The War on the Water Sources".
   * Vice commanders of Zur:
   - S. Keren, I. Golan-Glantz.
   - From 7-6-67 (the day both vice commanders didn't return from their missions): Y. Gal, as a single vice commander.
6. Major Terner Yaakov : September 1st, 1967 - August 1st, 1969.
   1. Under Y. Terner's command the squadron changed its missions, as the Skyhawks became the main attacking aircraft. Nevertheless - the Vautours performed many combat sorties, in Egypt (the War Of Attrition) and against terrorist camps in all fronts.
   2. During his period a new and young generation of Vautour crewmen had been trained. Most of the former Vautour crewmen either became the nucleus of the Phantoms' (as the only to be trained in crew cooperation, pilot and systems-operator) or continued their carreer as Mirage pilots.
   3. Terner was the initiator to name individual Vautours by nicknames, these were painted on 18 Vautours fuselage, including two "newcomers" and one refurbished.
   * Vice commanders of Terner: Y. Gal, N. Porat, H. Bodinger.
7. Lt. Col. Yeshurun Mordechai : August 1969 - March 1972.
   1. M. Yeshurun was the last commander of the Vautours. He personally transferred several Vautours to Sinai airbases - their last flight to rest.
   2. Beginning August 1970 he was in charge of the squadrons conversion to Skyhawks.
   3.* Vice commanders of Yeshurun: H. Bodinger, G. Goren
   4. The Vautour detachment commander was G. Goren.