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The Israeli Air Force played an important part in Operation Kadesh, Israel's part in the 1956 Suez Crisis, dropping paratroopers at the Mitla Pass. On June 5, 1967, the first day of the Six-Day War, the Israeli Air Force performed Operation Focus, debilitating the opposing Arab air forces and attaining air supremacy for the remainder of the war.
Above and Beyond was filmed in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Israel. Interviews with former Israeli Air Force pilots and their families included an extended interview with Paul Reubens (born Rubenfeld) and his mother, describing the combat career of his father, Milton Rubenfeld, one of the first American volunteers to go to Israel. [3][4] The aerial sequences in the film were "a ...
History of the Israeli Air Force. Tel Aviv, June 3, 1948: Modi Alon chases a Royal Egyptian Air Force C-47 in an Avia S-199 to score the IAF's first aerial victory. The History of the Israel Air Force begins in May 1948, shortly after the formation of the State of Israel. Following Israel's declaration of independence on May 14, its pre-state ...
Operation Rimon 20. Rimon 20 (Hebrew: רימון 20, Pomegranate 20) was the code name of an aerial battle in 1970 which pitted the Israeli Air Force directly against Soviet fighter pilots stationed in Egypt during the War of Attrition. Israel planned the dogfight in order to send a message that it would no longer tolerate direct Soviet ...
Israeli Air Force UH-60 Blackhawk and AH-1 Cobra List of aircraft of the Israeli Air Force:
Gaza War (2008–2009) 2012 Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip. 2014 Gaza War. 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis. 2023 Israel–Hamas war. Aircraft flown. Attack helicopter. AH-64A Apache. The 190 Squadron of the Israeli Air Force, also known as the tayeset maga hakesem ( Magic Touch Squadron ), is an AH-64A Apache helicopter squadron based at ...
7th Wing (Israel) The 7th Wing is the special warfare operations component of Israeli Air Force (IAF). It is composed of three special combat units Shaldag Unit, Unit 669, and Unit 5700. The wing's permanent base is at the Palmachim Airbase.
Operation Diamond[1] (Hebrew: מִבְצָע יַהֲלוֹם, Mivtza Yahalom) was an operation undertaken by Mossad. Its goal was the acquisition of a Soviet -built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, the most advanced Soviet fighter plane at that time. The operation began in mid-1963 and ended on August 16, 1966, when an Iraqi Air Force MiG-21, flown by ...