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Monday, November 16, 2020
Defense Ministry chief warns lack of budget delaying replacing aging aircraft
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Eshel warns that the government must approve the budget to replace the military’s aging fleets of aircraft and inadequate arsenals.
The Israeli Air Force currently operates 50-year-old heavy transport helicopters and refueling planes that are nearly the same age, and requires additional fighter jets to replace outmoded ones.
“No other military in the world flies aircraft this old,” he tells reporters at Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv.
“Flying 50-year-old helicopters with 50 people on board during wartime and 30 people on board in peacetime — that’s not safe,” Eshel says.
He warns that in a large-scale conflict Israel could find itself without the aircraft it needs to win the war.
— Judah Ari Gross
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