IDF
The fifth-generation aircraft landed at Nevatim Airbase.
The Sky Dew Unit opened as the aerostat-carried radar developed by Israel Aerospace Industries enters service.
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz told IAF Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin that his tens of years of service were brave and creative.
Jerusalem placed the order for the helicopters in February in a deal initially worth $372 million.
It reportedly includes hundreds of millions of shekels worth of Iron Dome interceptors and radars.
It is meant to simulate scenarios such as evading attacks from surface-to-air missiles, strikes on land-based targets, search-and-rescue, and protecting or attacking an airborne target.
Nimrod Eisenberg talks about the “incredible humanitarian work” of the IDF’s field hospitals, as well as his recent trip to Latvia to work with refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine.
The Chicago-based Herrendorf Family Foundation donated $4.5 million to the development and finalization of the 16,000-square-foot facility.
Defense chiefs have no objection to the move, according to an Israeli media report.
It said hundreds of unmanned aerial vehicles were hit in the attack.
The assistance program is the result of a combined effort by the ministers of defense and immigration.
The Merkava Mark 5, dubbed “Barak” (or “lightning” in Hebrew), will have upgraded computers and an active protection system.
