Tag: Israel Air Force
Harold “Smoky” Simon, one of the IAF’s founders, dies at 101
Three days after he passed away at the age of 101, close to his 102nd birthday, tributes continue to pour in for Harold “Smoky” Simon on Thursday, one of the legendary founders of the Israeli...
First Druze colonel in Israeli Air Force takes command of maintenance unit
The Israeli Air Force held a historic changing-of-the-guard ceremony on Wednesday at Tel Nof Airbase, south of Tel Aviv, when the first Druze colonel took command of Air Maintenance Unit 22.
Col. Awad Suleiman replaced...
New recruits give Israel’s ‘eyes in the sky’ a female perspective
Among the 25 cadets who completed the Israeli Air Force’s UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) Operational Training Course on Wednesday at the Palmahim airbase in southern Israel were five female graduates.
The remote-controlled UAVs have been...
In first, IAF chief names female officer as bureau chief
In a first, Israeli Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin on Monday named a female officer to serve as his bureau chief.
Maj. N., who serves as deputy commander of the 119th Air Force...
Second joint US-Israeli F-35 drill created ‘new level of learning’
A joint drill held by the Israeli and American air forces, held earlier this month, saw new levels of learning and cooperation achieved between F-35 jet pilots from both nations, a senior IDF official...
Israel’s Blue Flag international air-force drill was ‘most advanced’ to date
Israel completed its fourth international air exercise in southern Israel, Blue Flag 2019, earlier this month—a drill that planners have described as being the most advanced of its kind to date.
Towards the end of the...
Netanyahu to Iran: Israeli jets can reach ‘every place in the Middle East’
In light of increasingly tense relations between Iran and the United States, and recent threats against Israel made by a top Iranian official, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Islamic Republic on Tuesday...
‘Your opportunities are limitless,’ NASA astronaut tells Israel Air Force personnel
As NASA astronaut Richard R. “Ricky” Arnold projected slides showing images of his time on board the International Space Station, a lecture hall filled with young Israel Air Force personnel sat spellbound, absorbing his...
Lt. ‘Yod’ first Israeli Air Force pilot of Ethiopian heritage
Lt. “Yod” will officially become the Israeli Air Force’s first pilot of Ethiopian heritage when he completes the elite pilots’ course on Wednesday.
The new pilot’s name could not be released, due to security concerns.
As...
Pilot Giora Epstein, 1973: ‘Then I was told, the Egyptian and Syrian air forces...
Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Giora Epstein has played a critical role in defending Israel during many air battles throughout his years as a combat pilot. He has shot down no fewer than 17 enemy aircraft—the most...