In this era, don't take things at face value. It's called MILDEC (military deception).
September 18th, 2017:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-us-establishes-permanent-military-base-in-israel/
September 19th, 2017:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/contradicting-idf-us-says-it-didnt-establish-military-base-in-israel/
A barracks?
https://www.stripes.com/news/us-troops-deployed-to-israel-get-a-new-barracks-1.488440#.WcGtGYpryMI
Mashabim Air Base?
http://www.iaf.org.il/2450-en/IAF.aspx
From the Israel Air Force web site:
Search results for "Mashabim."
Google Maps image of Mashabim. No runways.
MILDEC.
The idea of "transparency" was nice. It flopped.
Thus MILDEC. Finally.
Careful We don't want to read that you got Droned.
Good catch.
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Signs of the times.
Just my two STEEMS Worth.
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