Zitat:IAF takes possession of David's Sling air defense system

The Defense Ministry and US Missile Defense Agency on Tuesday began handing control of the David’s Sling air defense system over to the Israel Air Force following a series of successful trials that were completed in December.

Zitat:Final plane in billion-dollar deal with Italy lands in Israel

First introduced to IAF 2 years ago, M-346 has ‘met all our expectations and more,’ and will help train next generation of pilots, air force chief says

(21.07.2016, 10:49)Mitleser schrieb: die leisten sich ein ganz schön vielfältiges Biotop.
Ist das wirklich günstiger, oder liegt es daran dass die so viel Flugzeugtechnik exportieren und deshalb die entsprechenden Vögel auch selber nutzen ?

(21.07.2016, 22:54)frieder75 schrieb: ...
Wieso? Die israelische Luftwaffe ist doch überlegt aufgebaut und es ist vorallem auch noch eine echte Luftwaffe im quantitativen Bereich. Alleine die 350 F16 + knapp 100 F15 sind schon eine Macht.

(21.07.2016, 22:54)frieder75 schrieb: Wieso? Die israelische Luftwaffe ist doch überlegt aufgebaut und es ist vorallem auch noch eine echte Luftwaffe im quantitativen Bereich. Alleine die 350 F16 + knapp 100 F15 sind schon eine Macht.

Zitat:USAF confirms F-15D delivery to Israel

Following the signing of the largest military aid package in US history, the US Air Force confirmed the transfer of 10 Boeing F-15D fighters to Israel.

Zitat:Israel to buy an additional 17 F-35 fighter planes

Following approval of security cabinet, IAF will now have a fleet of 50 of the high-tech stealth fighters jets

Though the government has not released exact figures for the price, at approximately NIS 387 million ($100 million) per airplane, these additional 17 F-35 fighter jets will likely set Israel back at least NIS 6.6 billion ($1.7 billion), not including the costs of additional maintenance and support equipment.

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Israel is expected to receive the first two planes before the end of 2016, after which another six- seven planes will arrive in each subsequent year.

Zitat:Rafael marks milestone in development of I-Derby ER air-to-air missile

In a test series held earlier this week, Rafael completed the development of the ground-based air defense version of the missile.

In yet another step to improve air superiority, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems announced on Thursday that it has completed the development of the ground-based Air Defense version of the I-Derby ER (Extended Range) air-to-air missile.

During the test series that concluded earlier this week at Rafael’s facility in southern Israel, the company performed a ground launch to test the missile’s command and control, navigation and flight trajectory capabilities.

The company said that these tests serve as a significant milestone in I-Derby ER’s development, which is the newest and most advanced of Rafael’s electromagnetic air-to-air missiles, marking the completion of the missile’s ground-version development.

Zitat:In landmark visit, UAE air chief in Israel to observe ‘Blue Flag’ exercise

Military’s largest, most advanced aerial exercise to date pits fourth- and fifth-generation aircraft against fictional ‘Dragonland,’ which looks not unlike Syria. [...]

The Israeli Air Force is billing this year’s Blue Flag as the largest and most advanced aerial exercise ever hosted by Israel, with some countries participating for the first time or in more significant ways than in the previous four exercises.

“We have 80 fighter jets here of different varieties, and 1,500 foreign personnel who have been dispatched here, under the ‘canopy’ of the coronavirus. For the past year, we’ve been working to host the exercise and bring it to the standard we expect,” said Brig. Gen. Amir Lazar, head of the IAF’s Training and Doctrine Division, who organized the exercise. [...] Several foreign countries sent fighter jets to participate in the drill this year, including the United States, Germany, Italy and Greece — all of which have taken part in previous Blue Flag exercises — as well as the United Kingdom, France and India. It marked the first time that British military aircraft flew over Israel since the founding of the state in 1948 [...].

Zitat:Wide range of SAMs simulated during Exercise ‘Blue Flag' in Israel

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has simulated a range of Russian-made surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems during Exercise ‘Blue Flag 21', the biennial multinational event it is hosting at Uvda Air Force Base from 17–28 October.

IAF officers said S-75 (SA-2), S-125 (SA-3), 2K12 Kub (SA-6), 9K33 Osa (SA-8), and Pantsir-S1 (SA-22) SAM systems are being simulated using a variety of emitters that include the new Scorpius-T training system made by Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI's) Elta subsidiary. Ground teams have also simulated launches from man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS) and the ‘red force' that is playing the role of the enemy includes an Israel Patriot air-defence battery, as well as F-16 fighters from the IAF's 115 ‘Red Dragon' Squadron and F-35I Adir fighters.

Zitat:MIT DEM EUROFIGHTER BEI „BLUE FLAG“

Luftwaffe in Israel

Die Luftwaffe nimmt mit sechs Eurofightern erneut an der multinationalen Hochwertübung "Blue Flag" in der israelischen Negev-Wüste teil. In Uvda fliegen insgesamt 60 Kampfflugzeuge. [...] Neben den israelischen Gastgebern und den NATO-Mitgliedern USA, Großbritannien, Frankreich, Italien, Griechenland und Deutschland ist auch zum zweiten Mal nach 2017 die indische Luftwaffe mit von der Partie. [...]

Als Ausdruck der engen Freundschaft zwischen der israelischen und deutschen Luftwaffe wird es zu Beginn der Übung einen gemeinsamen Formationsflug der beiden Luftwaffenchefs über Israel geben: Eine F-15 der Israeli Air Force mit Generalmajor Amikam Norkin und einem Eurofighter, der von Generalleutnant Ingo Gerhartz, Inspekteur der Luftwaffe geflogen wird.