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Mar 22, 2023, 4:14 PM

Aerial refueling in the Israel Air and Space Force

The recent order for a fleet of factory fresh air-to-air refueling aircraft for the Israel Air Force will give the Jewish state the ability to operate even further afield in the future. During the 1967 Six Day War the Israel...

Feb 28, 2023, 3:16 PM

Low cost, fact or fiction?

Summer will soon be upon us and Israeli wanderlust is in full flight. The recent announcement that Israel-originating flights will be given permission to overfly Saudi Arabia and, importantly, Oman has drastically reduced flight times to the near and far...

Jul 5, 2022, 11:50 PM

Anatolian Eagle (AE) Training 2022

A TALE OF TWO COUNTRIES “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief "…. but dear reader, you...

Apr 8, 2022, 2:52 PM

The multinational aerial combat Εxercise «INIOCHOS 2022», took place recently at Andravida, Hellenic Air Force (HAF) Base in the western Peloponnese, Greece The “INIOCHOS” Exercise was first conducted in the late 1980s, as a small scale tactical level exercise, tailored...

Jun 29, 2021, 12:43 PM

Hats in the Air

The last Thursday in June has, for as long as I can remember, been one of the most important days of the Israeli year. Not the longest, that’s the 21st, the summer solstice, you know, druids, hippies, all that...

Jun 23, 2021, 5:03 PM

Momentum for change gathers pace

101 Squadron move home Formed in 1948 with Avia S-199s, 101 Squadron Israel Air Force (IAF) aka the “First Fighter Squadron” left Hatzor Air Force Base (AFB) Monday morning June 21st to begin a new life at Ramat David AFB....

Jun 3, 2021, 12:14 AM

‘God is not averse to deceit in a just cause’

Blaming incident on officer’s ‘misunderstanding,’ Hidai Zilberman apologizes for inaccuracy, says his unit doesn’t take part in psychological warfare. Obviously, Brig Gen Zilberman has a limited concept of warfare and has to resign. Whatever Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus may or...

Apr 24, 2021, 11:38 PM

The F-35A Adir in the IAF

Tail number 901, the first Israeli F-35A “Adir” is presented to the world in June 2016 – Lockheed Martin photo

The Lockheed Martin (LM) F-35 Lightning II (Adir - “mighty one” in Israel) is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft that is intended to perform both air superiority and strike missions. It is also...

Apr 2, 2021, 11:27 PM

What is Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge?

IAI Lavi prototype, photo by author

In September 2016 US president Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu signed a new memorandum of understanding to extend and increase the military aid package from the United States to Israel for another ten years. The headline figure was 38...

Mar 24, 2021, 12:14 PM

Election Fever 2021 (part one)

In genteel leafy Givatayim for my first "hands-on" Israeli voting day- and here I must declare an interest, as a recipient of a huge percentage of the Governments' Squillion Shekel election budget I firmly believe ours is the best...

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About Me

David Weinrich has dedicated his life to chasing military aircraft for fun, in Europe, the Americas, the Far East and for the past 27 years, at home in Israel. He photographs them, underlines them in his books (quill & parchment, please), escorts foreign "plane spotters" to the farthest corners of Israel and now writes a Blog about them for the Times of Israel.