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Israeli Air Force

IDF & Security / Iran / News Briefs / Iraq

IDF Chief Hints Israel Hit Iranian Arms Convoy on Syria-Iraq Border

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The air strike, near Abu Kamal in eastern Syria, reportedly targeted weapons being smuggled in from Iraq.

IDF & Security / Syria / Russia

‘S-300 Battery Fired on the IAF Over Syria,’ says Israeli TV Report

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“The missiles did not constitute a threat on [Israeli Air Force] planes and there was no lock by the battery’s radar on the planes, but this is a dramatic precedent,” according to SANA.

IDF & Security / US

Army Corps of Engineers Completed Hardened Hangar for Israel's F-35s

By Jewish Press News Desk

This is not the first hardened hangar project the US Army Corps of Engineers has helped deliver in Israel in support of the F-35 program, and it likely won’t be the last.

IDF & Security / Europe / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Greece Signs $1.65 Billion Military Purchase Deal with Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

The deal includes the establishment and operation by Elbit Systems of an international flight training center for the Hellenic Air Force, over a period of 22 years.

IDF & Security / US / Government / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

2 Boeing Tanker Jets Are First New Acquisitions on IDF's Latest Approved Shopping List

By Jewish Press News Desk

In the next phase, two additional tanker aircraft will be acquired, out of a total of up to eight that will make up the future refueling fleet.

IDF & Security / Syria / Iran

Report: First Israeli Attack on Syria Under Biden

By Jewish Press News Desk

Reports indicate that Syrian anti-aircraft fire hit a civilian home.

Featured / IDF & Security / US

IAF and US Refueling Squadron Conduct Exercises over Southern Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

“The two air forces maintain close cooperation, including mutual learning and sharing of lessons learned.”

IDF & Security / Syria / Iran / Hezbollah

Israel Attacks Hezbollah Targets in Homs and in Southern Syria

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Syria stated media claimed that the explosions were the result of a “human error” caused by troops moving ammunition.

Photo of the Day

Honoring the Medical Staff on Yom Ha'Atzmaut 2020

By Photo of the Day

The Israeli Air Force acrobatic team flew over all the hospitals of Israel on Israel's 72 Independence Day, to honor the medical staff during the Coronavirus pandemic.

IDF & Security / Coronavirus

IAF Officer Publishes Open Source Code for Production of Cheap Automatic Respirators

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Haifa Technology Center had joined Israeli Air Force (IAF) Major David Alkahar in developing a computerized automatic respirator and has published the code online for the world’s benefit.

Rockets from Gaza

After 11 Months in Coma, Rocket Attack Victim Dies of Her Wounds

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

More than 400 rockets from Gaza aimed at civilian targets in mid-November 2018, wounding 55 Israelis. Two were killed.

Headline / IDF & Security / Syria / Politics / Government / Iran / Russia

Netanyahu Calls Putin, Blames Syria, Iran

By JNi.Media

The Russians believe the Israeli Air Force is to blame for the crash of Russia’s Ilyushin Il-20 aircraft in Syria on September 17.

Headline / IDF & Security / Syria / Politics / Government / Iran / Russia

Russians Certain Giving Syria S-300 Missiles Won't Upset Relations with Israel

By JNi.Media

"It is not in Israel’s interest to add a serious country such as Russia to the list of its opponents."

Headline / IDF & Security / US / Europe / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Airbus, IAI, Compete for Israeli Air Force's Huge Procurement Program

By JNi.Media

The IAF purchases will include a fighter squadron, a transport helicopter squadron, a cargo squadron, and six refueling planes. And the winners will be decided very soon.

Featured / IDF & Security

40 IAF Planes Practiced Extreme Long Range Sorties over Greece

By JNi.Media

"Our ability to take all our units and fly a great distance, perform a task and return, is substantial."

IDF & Security

Air Force Conducts Major Drill Simulating War On Multiple Fronts

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Hundreds of IAF planes and helicopters took part in the exercise.

Headline / IDF & Security / Syria / Iran

Everything Destroyed: IDF Releases Aerial Images of Attacked Iranian Targets

By JNi.Media

The Russians were not necessarily unhappy to see Iran get a severe nose bleed from the Israeli attacks, since Iran has introduced an unacceptable level of instability to the area.

Featured / Israel / Syria / Lebanon

IAF Jets Destroy Syrian Missile Battery

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The attack was a response to anti-aircraft fire aimed at IAF planes on a routine photographic mission flight over Lebanon.

IDF & Security / US / Business and Economy

On Rosh Hashanah Eve Israel's F-35 Fleet Reaches 7 Fighters

By JNi.Media

Israel plans to procure 50 F-35s eventually, with each aircraft costing about $96 million.

Headline / IDF & Security / Syria

Israel Shoots Down Syrian Drone with Patriot Missile

By Jewish Press News Desk

Arab sources say Israel attacked Syria after the infiltration.

IDF & Security / US / Science and Tech

US, Israel, Probing Apache Rear Rotor Crack

By JNi.Media

Since the cracked rotor investigation began on June 13, Israel’s Apache attack force has been grounded, according to the IDF.

Featured / IDF & Security / Politics / Religious & Secular in Israel

1 in 7 IDF Flight School Graduates also Hesder Yeshiva Graduate

By JNi.Media

Only 15% of the cadets who began the flight school will be on the parade grounds on Thursday to receive their wings.

Headline / IDF & Security / Syria / US / Politics / Hezbollah / Russia

Israeli Air Force Chief: The Next Lebanon War Will See Fierce Attacks on Hezbollah While Our Own Cities Burn

By JNi.Media

'I have a recommendation to the people of Lebanon: Hezbollah has chosen to stay and infiltrate some of your homes – if you leave your homes as soon as the conflict erupts you will not be harmed.'

IDF & Security / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Israel Aerospace Industries Launch Simulated Air Battle Training bet. Lavi and Enemy Aircraft

By JNi.Media

The use of the EHUD opens the door for shared live drills and debriefing with the Lavi airplanes based on the EHUD network, as is already being carried out by Italy and other countries.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Three New F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets to Arrive Sunday

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel was the first country to receive the F-35 outside the US.

Featured / IDF & Security / US / History / On Campus / Education / Holocaust / Eastern Europe

Holocaust Survivor, 86, Returning to Auschwitz with IDF Officers

By JNi.Media

'I never wished to return to that place of our degradation and annihilation, but to return in the company of our noblest, bravest of the brave – our IDF soldiers, makes my spirit soar with pride and hope.'

Headline / IDF & Security / US / Europe

7 Nations to Join IAF's Biggest Air Drill in Its History

By JNi.Media

IAF chief of international affairs Lt. Col. Richard Hecht brags that 'everybody wants to engage and cooperate with the IAF. It’s a privilege.'

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Israel Aerospace Industries Introduces Jamming-Resistant GPS System

By JNi.Media

Modern navigation systems integrated in modern platforms rely on the uninterrupted availability of satellite-based navigation and timing for their operation. But most of them are still unprotected.

IDF & Security / US / Politics / Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech

Israel Will Not Sign On to US Regulation of Israeli Drone Exports

By JNi.Media

Slowly but surely, American companies have been encroaching on a field where in the past Israeli products ruled.

IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs

IDF Attacks Syrian Regime Position Overnight

By Jewish Press News Desk

The strike was in response to a Syrian mortar that hit Israel on Wednesday.

IDF & Security / US / Politics / News Briefs / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education / Gulf States / UAE / Asia

Report: IAF Trained with Pakistani, UAE Air Forces

By JNi.Media

A senior IAF official said said the Americans downed Israeli planes in dogfights, "but we downed them, too."

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Europe

Final Lavi Trainer Aircraft Delivered to Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Israeli Air Force is now the world’s largest user of the Italian M-346 aircraft.

IDF & Security / US / Politics / Government / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Liberman Embarks on First visit to DC as Defense Minister Amid Military Aid Dispute

By JNi.Media

There is a dispute between the professional echelon in the defense ministry and Prime Minister Netanyahu over the American proposal.

IDF & Security / US / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Religious & Secular in Israel

New Defense Minister Facing Challenges Within and Without

By JNi.Media

On Friday morning, a Kulanu politician, Environment Minister Avi Gabbay, announced his resignation on account of the Lieberman appointment.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs / Hezbollah

Very Senior Hezbollah Terrorist Killed in Alleged Israeli Air Strike

By Shalom Bear

Mustafa Badr A-Din (Badreddine), the head of Hezbollah's military operations was reportedly killed by an Israeli air strike in Syria.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Air Force Surveillance Flights Soar during Wave of terror

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israeli Air Force has carried out approximately eight times more intelligence and surveillance flights than it usually does since the recent wave of Palestinian Authority and Israeli Arab terror. "We usually fly 2 or three times a week, but last week, there were four or five every day," said deputy IAF commander told the […]

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Air Force Bombs Hamas Position after Rocket Attack

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hamas continues to shatter the nerves of the Gaza Belt, and the IDF continues to hit back lightly.

IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs / Europe

IDF Attacks Syrian Military Targets

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Artillery units responded to the second straight day of fire on the northern Golan Heights.

Israel / US / News Briefs

Lockheed Worried about IDF Unauthorized ‘Modifications’ in F-35

By JNi.Media

Lockheed: The Israelis have an ability to do some unique things, but anything wholesale…would have to be done by consensual agreement.

IDF & Security / US / Iran / News Briefs

ObamaDeal: US to Protect Iranian Nuke Sites from Israeli Attack

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The agreement states: Co-operation…to strengthen Iran's ability to prevent, protect and respond to nuclear security threats to nuclear facilities and to protect against… sabotage.

UK / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

'Britain's Schindler' Dies at the Age of 106

By Jewish Press Staff

Nicholas Winton saved hundreds of Jewish children from the gas chambers but said nothing for nearly 50 years.

Photo of the Day

A Fighter Pilot Gets Her Wings

By Photo of the Day

Prime Minister Netanyahu congratulates one of the newly graduated Israeli Air Force pilots at the Hatzerim Air Base in the Negev on June 25, 2015.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Religion / Judaism

US Entrepreneur Turns Kosher Vodka into Spiritual Experience

By Kosher Today

His mission was to have vodka produces from the seven species of the land of Israel - figs, dates, pomegranate, wheat, barley, olive and grapes.

Terrorism / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / ISIS

Report: Islamic State Excavating Destroyed Syrian Nuclear Site

By Jewish Press News Desk

ISIS may be after the buried radioactive materials. They took over the region with the destroyed nuclear reactor in 2014.

IDF & Security / Syria / Hezbollah

Arab Sources: IAF Attacked Sites in Syria

By Jewish Press News Desk

One of the bases that was reportedly hit is being used by Hezbollah and Assad's forces.

Video of the Day

IAF in Greece Training Against S-300

By Video of the Day

Greece is the only NATO member that has an S-300 system in service.

IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Israeli Air Force Reportedly Bombed Missiles Site Deep inside Syria

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Arab media said several bases with long-range missiles were attacked on Saturday and last Wednesday.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Lebanon

Lebanon Reports IAF Overflights

By Jewish Press News Desk

Reports from Lebanon say that Israeli Air Force planes flew over the Marjayoun area in Lebanon, launching flares.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

US Condemns Israel for Bombing Terrorists near School

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“I think the United States has been terrific” – Netanyahu. “I have been very clear…that Israel has a right to defend itself.” – Obama.

IDF Blog

IDF Targets Gaza Terrorists Responsible for Rocket Attacks

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

Terrorists involved in the rockets launched at Israel last week were targeted Friday by the IAF.

IDF & Security / Syria / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Israel Issues Routine ‘No Comment’ On Bombing of Missiles in Syria

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli spokesman said “no comment” on reports from Lebanon that the Israeli Air Force bombed Syrian missiles destined for Hezbollah. Explosions were reported in the Syrian port city of Latakia, which previously has been targeted and presumably by Israel to prevent “game-changing” weapons from being smuggled into Lebaon for Hezbollah. Several Lebanese new sources as […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Lebanon / United Nations (UN)

Israeli Planes Fly over Southern Lebanon after Murder of Soldier

By Jewish Press News Desk

Lebanese media reported that Israeli warplanes carried out surveillance flights over southern Lebanon in Tuesday, as Lebanese, United Nations and Israeli officials try to keep the lid on tensions following Sunday night’s murder of Israel soldier Sgt. Shlomi Cohen by a Lebanese soldier. The Air Force frequently sends planes into Lebanese air space to monitor […]

IDF & Security / US / News Briefs

U.S. Air Force Chief Completes Secret Visit to Israel

By JTA

Gen. Mark Welsh, the chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, has completed a secret visit to Israel, where was the guest of the Commander of the Israel Air Force, Maj.-Gen. Amir Eshel. Welsh met with senior officers and defense personnel, including Chief of the General Staff, Lt.-Gen. Benjamin Gantz, and was hosted at […]

IDF & Security / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Religion / Aliyah / Geulah

New Jersey Yeshiva Student Now an Israeli Fighter Pilot

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

‘Lt. B.’ came to Israel to learn Torah for a year and go back to NJ for university. He thought about the army and the Air Force grabbed him, fulfilling his childhood wish to be a pilot. Read and be proud.

Israel / Syria / News Briefs

Reports of Israeli Attack on Syrian Chemical Weapons Site

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

There were many reports that Israeli jets flew over Syrian President's palace on Saturday, but did they also bomb a chemical weapons site nearby?

News Briefs

Israel in Discussions to Stationing Israeli Air Force Jets on Cyprus

By Jewish Press Staff

Relations between Cyprus and Israel have been intensifying since Israel's fallout with its former regional ally and Cyprus' adversary, Turkey.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter III

By Ruchama Feuerman

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