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"Lt. A.," a 24-year-old transport aircraft navigator. Credit: IAF.

‘One minute I’m planning my wedding, the next I’m above Gaza’

Combat navigator Maj. A. shares what it is like to be on the front line while juggling worries about family, the hostages and the entire nation.

Tal Ariel Yakir

November 6, 2023

Air Canada plane. Credit: sockagphoto/Shutterstock.

Pilot who told Israel to ‘burn in hell’ suspended from flying

Air Canada has grounded an employee for his bigoted social-media postings.

October 12, 2023

An Israel Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules, June 25, 2015. Photo by Ofer Zidon/Flash90.

Israel’s pilots are becoming obsolete

Innovative technologies mean that Israel will no longer be dependent on potentially insubordinate opponents of judicial reform.

September 14, 2023

Israel Air Force fighter jets. Credit: Israeli Defense Ministry Spokesperson’s Office.

After Netanyahu halts judicial reform, Israeli pilots who protested return to duty

A leader of the protest clarified that the reservists will again refuse to serve if they aren’t satisfied with the negotiations.

March 29, 2023

Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi at a ceremony at military headquarters in Tel Aviv, Jan. 1, 2023. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi should call his troops to order

That enemy eulogies of the Jewish state are given a boost by the Israeli press may be disconcerting, but it’s the price—and privilege—of free speech. Soldiers don’t enjoy such a luxury, however.

March 7, 2023

A pilot during the IAF's “Staging Threat” exercise. Credit: The IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

‘We’re preparing IAF pilots for difficult wartime scenarios’

The commander of the Joint Forces Section of the Israel Air Force’s “Red Squadron,” which simulates the enemy, talks with JNS about the air force’s “Staging Threat” exercise.

January 25, 2023

U.S. Army pilot Gerald Teldon. Credit: Courtesy of the Teldon family.

Decades after serving, Jewish lieutenant receives World War II war medals

Gerald Teldon (aka “Mr. Lucky,”) from Long Island, N.Y., joined the service in April 1944. He initially applied for the Navy Air Force, but it was over its “Jewish” quota, so he was denied a spot.

August 3, 2022

F-18 “Top Gun: Maverick” fighter aircraft prepare to take off over the California sunset, June 2,, 2022, San Diego. Credit: Miguel Lagoa/Shutterstock.

In real life ‘Top Gun’ threat, America prepares to confront Iranian threat

Just like in the movie, Israel’s rising generation of pilots and planners will need to turn to experienced hands who know better than anyone in the world how to handle the threat.

August 1, 2022

Israel Aerospace Industries will again produce wings for F-16 fighter jets, September 2021. Credit: Lockheed Martin.

Israel Aerospace Industries goes back to producing wings for F-16 fighter jets

It is reviving a line established in the 1980s following an increased worldwide demand for such aircraft.

September 2, 2021