The 26-year-old Capt. S., whose name and face have been classified, graduated from the pilot’s course in 2016, and flew F-16s during…
Israeli Defense Forces
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The day Israeli F-4Es shot down 14 Egyptian Mi-8 helicopters (one by using their afterburner)
by Dario LeoneOn Oct. 6. 1973, the first day of the Yom Kippur War, the Kurnass community was faced with an unorthodox challenge.…
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Aviation HistoryCold War EraMilitary Aviation
A quick look at Israeli Air Force participation in Operation Entebbe, one of the most daring hostage rescue missions in history
by Dario LeoneThe combat forces were airlifted by four C-130 cargo aircraft from the Ophir airport in southern Sinai on the afternoon of…
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Military Aviation
The Day three Israeli F-15 fighter jets piloted by Children of Holocaust Survivors Performed a Flypast over Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp
by Dario Leone“We pilots of the Air Force, flying in the skies above the camp of horrors, arose from the ashes of the…
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Aviation HistoryCold War EraMilitary Aviation
The Story of Israeli Air Force First Two Aerial Victories that Never Were
by Tom CooperJun. 3, 1948 is widely considered as the day on which Israeli Air Force scored its first two aerial victories. But…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
IAF Fighter Pilots Explain why Israel Picked the F-15 Eagle over the F-14 Tomcat
by Dario LeoneFrom an Israeli point of view, the Tomcat could not match the three principal virtues of the Eagle — the F-14…
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Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces, decided that it has an operational need for 12…
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Military Aviation
IRIAF Commander reportedly fired after he kept secret that Israeli F-35 stealth fighters had violated Iran Airspace
by Dario LeoneIranian intelligence discovered that the Israeli F-35 stealth fighter jets had carried out this sortie as a test of the possibility…
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IAF is keen to buy both the F-15 and F-35 if there are no budget constraints. Israel’s Globes says the country…
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The first F-15IA will be delivered to Israel in 2023 Ynetnews reports that Israel has decided on getting the F-15IA to…