Kfar Sirkin

Kfar Sirkin or Kefar Syrkin is a moshav in central Israel. Located south-east of Petah Tikva, it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom [HaSharon Regional Council]. In it had a population of.

History

Kfar Sirkin was founded in 1936 and was named for the Zionist leader Nachman Syrkin. It served as a Jewish stronghold during the 1936–1939 [Arab revolt in Palestine], with the Haganah using the village to fight off attacking Arab forces and to store weapons which were illegal under the British Mandate rule of the time.
In the early 1940s the British set up a military camp and an airfield northwest of the village, which were then used by the Israel [Defense Forces|IDF] after their withdrawal in 1948. The Israeli [Air Force Flight Academy|IAF Flight Academy] was first operated at Sirkin IAF Base until 1955, when it moved to Tel Nof Airbase.
Today, the village is agricultural and all IAF facilities were abandoned and demolished, but the former airbase is still visible from the air.