Ovda Airbase (Hebrew: בסיס עובדה, English: fact) is an Israeli Air Force (IAF) base, located in the very south of Israel, around 40 kilometers north of Eilat, in a large plain of the southern Negev desert.

There are currently (2025) no operational fighter jets or helicopters stationed there, but the so-called "Aggressor Squadron" for pilot training.

Their task is or was to simulate enemy jet or helicopter attacks and especially their tactics in order to create the most realistic scenario possible in real combat.

[6][7] Since 2013, the international military aviation exercise Blue Flag has taken place on Ovda every two years in the fall, for which several Western countries send their pilots and fighter jets to Israel, where they undergo intensive training, which also includes the 115 Squadron "Flying Dragon" of the IAF with its role as aggressor.

[8] For the first time in its history, the IAF appointed its first female commander of an air force base at Ovda Airbase in March 2024.