Known as Shimshon, the new aircraft can carry 128 combatants, 97 stretchers and four high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles (HMMWVs), and has joined the ranks of the 103rd (Elephants) Squadron. IAF received the first Shimshon in April 2014. The aircraft has been deployed in both operati...
Because the IDF is an integrated force, ranks are the same in all services. There is no differentiation between army, navy, air force etc. The ranks are derived from those of the paramilitary Haganah developed in the Mandate period to protect the Yishuv. The origin is reflected in the ...
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday that Washington is rethinking its opposition to arming the opposition. The U.S. so far has balked at sending weapons to the rebels, fearing the arms could end up in the hands of al Qaeda-linked groups or other extremists in the opposition ranks. ...
Of the remaining Hezbollah leaders, there is worry about spies among their ranks, a senior U.S. official told ABC News. Israel said it struck over 140 Hezbollah targets overnight and into Saturday morning. Israel also hacked the control tower system at the Beirut Airport on Satu...
Despite the unity of ranks, there is still great variation in the scope of European countries' defense spending and in the general approach to the possibility of armed conflict with another country. Before the conference convened, and before leaving to meetUS President Donald Trump, the British ...
“Our ranks must be watertight.” Fidan also expressed concern at increasing violence in the West Bank. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old activist from the U.S. who also had Turkish citizenship, was shot dead Friday following a demonstration against Israeli settlements in the occupied West...
As a teenager he joined the Palmach, the commando force of the Yishuv. He eventually rose through its ranks to become its chief of operations during Israel's War of Independence. He joined the newly formed Israel Defense Forces in late 1948 and continued to rise as a promising officer. He...
containing sensitive information was stolen from his house. Mr. Topolansky began his military career as a fighter pilot and climbed the ranks of the Israeli air force, serving as an airbase commander, and eventually as Chief of Staff of the Israeli air force, reporting to the air force ...
a paratrooper and combat veteran who rose through the ranks to become a commander, explains it requires maximum force when an IDF soldier is captured, “You will open fire without constraints, in order to prevent the abduction” even at the risk of killing the captive. And all possible routes...
developed weapons are now in the hands of the Azov Battalion, which has been widely characterized as a neo-Nazi militia. While CNN and other media analysis has weighed the possibility that Azov has reformed, the group still has prominent neo-Nazis in its ranks and features white supremacist ...