Armée Israélienne [Tsahal]

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New in the Israeli Air Force: Military Ebay?

13:19 GMT, September 17, 2012 It all started when Master Sergeant (MSG) Alex Krikon, a non-commissioned officer in the Israeli Air Force (IAF), saw that expensive military equipment was being thrown out simply because it was not being used. Realizing that some people in the Air Force might need or want the spared equipment, he and his friend, 2nd Lieutenant Yivgeni Dickerman, established “Give and Take”, an Ebay-like website for the use of all NCOs and officers in the IAF.

“Give and Take” was launched in March, and its concept is simple. There is a lot of unused military equipment that ends up in military recycling centers around Israel. On the other hand, there are many officers and NCOs who look for certain equipment and have trouble finding it. “Give and Take” offers an opportunity to trade expensive equipment — one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

Any officer or NCO in the IAF can upload details of equipment to the website, and in return, an officer or NCO who wants the equipment can contact the owner and pick the equipment up from him.

So far, the website helped to save more than 1.5 million NIS worth of equipment, and currently there are postings for another 800,000 NIS worth of equipment. MSG Krikon estimates that by the end of the year, the website will have saved the IAF about two million NIS.

MSG Alex Krikon explained about how it all started.

“In 2001, when I was still in regular service, I got a new job and with it a closet that contained a lot of military equipment that once blonged to a soldier serving in the same job. The closet was passed between soldiers who received the job. I had it in my room, but I never used it. In 2004, the head of my department decided to clean the department, and decided to throw away some of the shelves of the closet and the equipment on them. The equipment was worth 10,000 NIS. I knew that someone in the Air Force must need a closet and the equipment, but no one bothered to check, and all the equipment was thrown away.”

“Earlier this year, a friend of mine told me that he was having a problem with some vacuum pumps. He was looking for someone who had a spare pump, and I offered to help. We started looking, and got to a soldier in the IAF who told us that he had two functional pumps, but two weeks before he received an order to throw them away, as they were unused for two years and were taking space. That’s when I realized that I should try to do something.”

“I spoke to my friend, 2nd Lieutenant Yivgeni Dickerman, who understands computers, and we built the website together,” Krikon continued. “We showed it to the head of the department, who liked it and told us to continue building it. It was finally launched in March, and a link was sent to every officer and NCO in the IAF.”

“Give and Take” is built on the IAF military network “Milky Way”, and is available for any officer and NCO in the Israel Air Force. So far, 55 pieces of equipment were exchanged, including hard-to-find items that are 20 years old.

http://www.defpro.com/news/details/39291/

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[Youma]

September 19, 2012
Artillery soldier checks his equipment ahead of the surprise drill in the Golan Heights. The drill carried on for one full day with its primary focus on preparing the artillery forces. The purpose of the drill was to simulate a possbile combat scenario and to test the military's preparedness for an escalation on the northern front.
Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit

September 19, 2012
Artillery soldier checks his equipment ahead of the surprise drill in the Golan Heights. The drill carried on for one full day with its primary focus on preparing the artillery forces. The purpose of the drill was to simulate a possbile combat scenario and to test the military's preparedness for an escalation on the northern front.
Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit

September 19, 2012
Soldiers from the Artillery Corps seen participating in the surprise drill in the Golan Heights. The drill carried on for one full day with its primary focus on preparing the artillery forces. The purpose of the drill was to simulate a possbile combat scenario and to test the military's preparedness for an escalation on the northern front.
Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit

September 19, 2012
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen Benny Gantz and Chief Artillery Officer, Roi Riftin, observe soldiers exercising in the field. The drill carried on for one full day with its primary focus on preparing the artillery forces. The purpose of the drill was to simulate a possbile combat scenario and to test the military's preparedness for an escalation on the northern front.
Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit

September 19, 2012
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen Benny Gantz briefs soldiers ahead of the surprise drill in the Golan Heights. The drill carried on for one full day with its primary focus on preparing the artillery forces. The purpose of the drill was to simulate a possbile combat scenario and to test the military's preparedness for an escalation on the northern front.
Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit

September 19, 2012
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen Benny Gantz and Former Chief Artillery Officer from the Yom Kippur War, Nati Sharoni, brief soldiers during the surprise drill in the Golan Heights.
The drill carried on for one full day with its primary focus on preparing the artillery forces. The purpose of the drill was to simulate a possbile combat scenario and to test the military's preparedness for an escalation on the northern front.
Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit

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L'armée israelienne reporte à la fin d'année les tests de l'Arrow 3


[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3W0-h-0G2g[/video]
Ayant deja 1 ans de retard sur le calendrier initial, l'Arrow 3 semble rencontrer des problemes techniques non divulgués, apparemment serieux et inexpliqués les missiles ont même été retournés à IAI pour réparations.

The next trial of the Arrow 3, Israel's main future anti-missile defense weapons system, has been postponed for an unexplained reason, according to a report in the US weekly Space News quoted by Globes.

Development of the Arrow 3 missile is already one year behind schedule. According to the "Space News' report, the flight trial that had been planned for this month has now been postponed until the end of the year.

Arrow 3 technical staff declined to specify the reason for the delay but it is reportedly "believed to be serious" because the missile has been returned from its launcher to an installation belonging to Israel Aerospace Industries, for repairs.

http://bit.ly/PtCAgI

[AAF 2020]

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=FLKFU ... r_embedded[/video]

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IAI offers Panther tiltrotor for ship-based operations


By: Arie Egozi Tel Aviv
6 minutes ago


Israel Aerospace Industries' Panther tiltrotor unmanned air system will be adapted for operation aboard navy ships.

The Panther uses an innovative automatic flight control system that manages the transitions between the hovering take-off phase to forward flight and vice versa before landing. The UAS takes off and lands automatically following simple command clicks on an operator console, eliminating the need for an external pilot.

Powered by what IAI describes as three ultra-quiet electric motors, the Panther has a take-off weight of 65kg (143lb) and an endurance of 6h.



Israel Aerospace Industries

The Israeli navy is currently using manned helicopters for operations from its Saar-5 missile ships. Sources said on 23 September that the Panther and other UAS now under development will eliminate their future use from the service's vessels.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... ns-376840/

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L'IAF a faillit perdre deux Généraux de Brigade d'un coup


respectivement Boger accompagné de son père et Levy

Deux généraux de brigades et pilotes de l'IAF (Ilan Boger and Ziv Levy) ont faillit se percuter en vol à bord d'un F-16 chacun lorsqu'ils se sont croisé a moins de 100m a grande vitesse lors d'un exercice. Une violation des règles de sécurité en vol à ces vitesses une légère déviation et ça aurait été la catastrophe, surtout que l'IAF aurait perdu gros, Boger est chef des ressources humaines de l'IAF et ancien commandant de base et Levy lui est commandant de la base aérienne de Hatzerim. Les deux pilotes ont été interdits de vol et pourraient etre sanctionnés après l’enquête en cours.
En réaction le chef d’état major de l'IAF le Général Major Amir Eshel, a ordonné à tous les commandants de bases que tous les pilotes sans exception, assistent à 2h de cours ayant pour but de rafraîchir leur mémoire au sujet des règles de sécurité aérienne. Les commandants de bases et les pilotes de chasse auront en plus à assister à d'autres cours.

Two senior IAF pilots narrowly escaped a mid-air collision during training recently, prompting the Air Force to hold safety lectures for troops, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Sunday.

The two brigadier generals, Ilan Boger and Ziv Levy, were flying F-16 Lightning jets towards each other as part of a drill when they came within 100 meters of one another, a blatant violation of safety protocol. Considering the fighter jets' speed, a slight deviation could have lead to a mid-air crash.

Boger, the head of the IAF's manpower department and a former base commander, and Ziv Levy, the Hatzerim base commander, could face reprimand and could even be grounded. Disciplinary action is pending an investigation into the incident.IAF Chief Major General Amir Eshel said he views the incident gravely, and instructed all squadron commanders to hold two-hour safety refresher courses for all pilots. In addition, all fighter pilots have been called in for a day-long safety seminar on Sunday.

The squadron commanders are to report for a similar seminar later this week.

http://bit.ly/RXCSLg

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ils ont voulue jouer a top gun

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Moi ce que j'apprécie surtout c'est la rapidité avec laquelle la décision de remettre a plat les choses et rappeler les règles a tout le monde.

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L'IAF remotorise l'Hermes 450



Dans le but de reduire le bruit genéré par le regime moteur utilisé pour supporter les charges de plus en plus lourdes que doit porter le drone. Pour remedier a cela un moteur plus puissant (70ch fournissant 52kW) et plus silencieux commence a etre installer sur les Hermes 450 par Elbit Systems pour le compte de l'IAF. Autre avanctage pour L'IAF c'est qu'il allonge l'autonomie à 20h et permet de plus se rapprocher de la cible puisque plus discret.
http://bit.ly/PG9M4M

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La flotte de F-16C/D Barak de retour en operation


Il y a 3 mois deux F-16 ont dû atterrir en urgence après des ratés moteur, des investigations ont montré que les dysfonctionnements étaient dus au revêtement intérieur de la prise d'air qui s'est détaché a cause des fortes chaleurs et a endommagé le réacteur. En conséquence la grande majorité de la flotte a été interdite de vol entrainement mais les veilles pour les opérations de police de l'air ont tout de même été maintenues.
Fin septembre l'ensemble des F-16 concernés ont reçu un nouveau revêtement intérieur pour leur prise d'air et ont été remis en service.
http://bit.ly/Sy357t
http://bit.ly/UFyG4H

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Un drone non-identifié abattu dans le sud d'Israël (médias)

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpmTiO8OakA[/video]

L'armée de l'air israélienne a abattu samedi un aéronef commandé à distance qui a fait intrusion dans l'espace aérien de l'Etat hébreu au sud, rapportent des médias internationaux en référence au commandement de Tsahal.
A l'heure actuelle, les militaires essaient de trouver des fragments du drone détruit. On n'apprend rien sur l'appartenance de l'appareil.

http://bit.ly/R5JA2S

EDIT: j'ajoute la vidéo

[scorpion-rouge35]

Peut étre un drone du hezbolah

[mig 29/32]

improbable scorpion il y'a marqué au sud donc soit égyptien ou soit du Hamas quoique j'ai quelques doutes là dessus !!!!

[scorpion-rouge35]

l'iran disposent déja de drone armé d'une capacité de 2 000 km qui peuvent volé 24h donc ils peuvent bien contourné le nord via les cotes