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4 Rotary wing - helicopters. 5 Unmanned aerial vehicles. 6 References. 7 Bibliography. ... Douglas A-4 Skyhawk: 1968: 2015: Ayit (Eagle) עיט General Dynamics F-16A ...
On February 4, 1966, a huge fire broke out in Beit Zim in Tel Aviv. The squadron's S-58 helicopter was launched and rescued 30 survivors from the roof of the building. [7] On July 1, 1969, two helicopters from the squadron participated in the "Bostan 25A" operation in the area of Ras Zafarna in Egypt. [8]
2 Helicopter. 3 Command and transport. 4 ... (Israel) 199 Squadron (Israel) 248 Squadron (Israel) ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
AK-47 [4] [7] [10] Assault rifle: 7.62×39mm Soviet Union: Captured from Arab armies over the course of the Arab–Israeli conflict and was used by Special Forces due to their high reliability. Battle rifles; M14 [4] Battle rifle: 7.62×51mm United States: Used in limited numbers by the IDF. Light machine gun; IMI Negev [4] Light machine gun: 5 ...
The 118 Squadron is an active helicopter squadron of the Israeli Air Force and is part of the Participation & Helicopter Group, based at Tel Nof Airbase. [1] Established in October 1970 and nicknamed the "Night Birds" , also known as the "Night Riders" and the "Nocturnal Birds of Pray" , the squadron is operating the Sikorsky CH-53-2025 Yas'ur .
Helicopters are taking on some counter-drone missions in Israel and Ukraine to augment their strained air defenses. Here, an Israeli Apache AH-64 attack helicopter flies over the Mediterranean.
On January 13, 1975, Gef Yas'or was established in the squadron and it continued to operate both types of helicopters until 1991, when the Super Farlon helicopters went out of service. In May 1977, a Yasir helicopter belonging to the squadron crashed with 10 crew members and another 44 paratrooper brigade fighters, in a disaster known as the ...
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