Tag: U.S. Air Force
US fighter jets arrive to ‘mitigate’ threat from Iran and its proxies
A squadron of United States Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets arrived in the Middle East on Thursday to “mitigate the possibility of regional escalation by Iran or its proxies,” the U.S. military...
Israeli and American militaries tighten air-defense cooperation
Representatives from the U.S. and Israeli Air Forces met last month to discuss a remarkable development: what the Israel Defense Forces described as “updated orders for the cooperation between the two nations’ air-defense systems...
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...
US Air Force chaplain: My call sign is ‘rabbi’
The weeks before, during and after Shavuot this year were unlike any other for two northern New Jersey rabbis. Rabbi Ezra Frazer of Teaneck and Rabbi Yitzchok Lerman of Rutherford spent the holiday in...
Israeli defense firm Elbit, US Air Force sign $471 million contract
The Israeli defense firm Elbit announced on Monday that its U.S. subsidiary has signed a contract with the U.S. Air Force worth up to $471 million.
Over a 10-year period, Elbit Systems of America will equip F-16...
Why the bombing Auschwitz argument still matters
In his 1989 book From Beirut to Jerusalem, columnist Thomas Friedman of The New York Times, wrote, “Israel is becoming Yad Vashem with an Air Force.” That line represents the kind of smart-alecky analysis that helped build...