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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 423

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An F-35i jet maneuvers during a graduation ceremony for new IAF pilots, at the Hatzerim Air Base in the Negev desert, June 29, 2023. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
July 2, 2023, 12:06 pm
Israel to procure third F-35 squadron, eventually bringing fleet to 75
Defense minister approves military’s recommendation to purchase additional stealth fighters, in deal estimated at $3 billion from US aid funds
By Emanuel Fabian
This image taken from video provided by KDFW, shows emergency personnel at the scene after a fighter jet crash landed at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. The pilot safely ejected from a plane after a failed landing. (KDFW via AP)
December 16, 2022, 10:52 am
US F-35 pilot ejects from fighter jet in Texas in failed landing
Aircraft is a Marine Corps variant known as an F-35B that can take off and land vertically; civilian pilot said safe, but condition is unknown
By AP
Palestinian demonstrators clash with Israeli security forces during a protest in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near the West Bank city of Nablus, December 2, 2022 (Courtesy Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
December 6, 2022, 1:00 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 6: Uptick in West Bank TikTok attacks; COVID vaccine study
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian discusses West Bank intel and Iron Beam project as health reporter Nathan Jeffay talks side effects of COVID shots and women’s health research
By ToI Staff
Frank St. John, chief operating officer, Lockheed Martin with Yoav Har-Even, Rafael CEO and president, next to an Iron Beam defense system, in Israel, December 5, 2022. (Lockheed Martin)
December 5, 2022, 1:57 pm
Lockheed Martin joins Iron Beam project to build variant of system for US market
American defense contractor signs agreement with Rafael to help develop, test, manufacture laser-based air defense system, which has been hailed as a ‘game-changer’
By Emanuel Fabian
An illustration of the Orion aircraft carrying two female-form human mannequins, one wearing the AstroRad protection suit by Israeli company Stemrad. (NASA/DLR)
August 8, 2022, 6:09 pm
Israel’s StemRad gears up for major demo of anti-radiation suit on NASA’s Artemis I
Company to test protective qualities of AstroRad vest on humanoid mannequin aboard Orion spacecraft, set for launch later this month
By Ricky Ben-David
This file photo taken on August 20, 2020, shows a man taking pictures of an Eurofighter jet of the German Air Force on the tarmac of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) airbase in Noervenich, western Germany. (SASCHA SCHUERMANN / AFP)
March 14, 2022, 12:24 pm
Germany looks to buy F-35s, Eurofighters as part of army modernization push
Planned purchases part of German shift in defense strategy following Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has shaken Berlin’s sense of security
By AFP
Fighter jets from the IAF's second F-35 squadron, the Lions of the South, fly over southern Israel, January 2020. (IDF spokesperson)
January 17, 2020, 2:52 am
Israel Air Force inaugurates its second F-35 squadron
‘Lions of the South’ will operate out of Nevatim base in Negev desert; IAF chief hails development as ‘part of our qualitative advantage over our enemies’
By ToI Staff
In this illustrative photo from February 13, 2018, an Iraqi army soldier stands guard near a US- made Iraqi Air Force F-16 fighter jet at the Balad Air Base, 45 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
June 22, 2019, 1:50 am
US said readying to evacuate contractors from Iraqi base due to security threat
400 staff members from Lockheed Martin Corp, Sallyport Global will reportedly be airlifted from Balad base amid a tense standoff between Baghdad’s key allies, Washington and Tehran
By ToI Staff and Agencies
One of Israel's first two F-35 stealth fighter jets takes off for its maiden flight as part of the Israeli Air Force on December 13, 2016. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 11, 2019, 4:34 pm
Lockheed Martin wins contract to operate F-35 training center
Company will oversee facility in southern Israel’s Nevatim Air Base over next 5-10 years, employ some 25 residents of the area
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: An Israeli Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighter jet takes part in a graduation ceremony for IAF pilots at the Hatzerim base in Israel's Negev desert, on December 26, 2018. (Jack Guez/ AFP/ File)
April 9, 2019, 6:45 pm
Japanese F-35 fighter jet missing off northern Japan coast
Tokyo says search and rescue operation underway to find the state-of-the-art stealth aircraft, which disappeared from radar during a training mission
By AP
Illustrative. German soldiers assigned to Surface Air and Missile Defense Wing 1 fire the Patriot weapons system at the NATO Missile Firing Installation, in Chania, Greece, on November 8, 2017. (Sebastian Apel/US Department of Defense, via AP)
November 29, 2018, 9:06 am
US finalizes $15 billion sale of missile defense system to Saudi Arabia
Administration refuses to bow to pressure from members of Congress over brutal killing of US-based Saudi journalist Khashoggi
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israel's first two F-35 stealth fighter jets on their maiden flight as part of the Israeli Air Force on December 13, 2016. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 14, 2018, 9:33 pm
IDF returns F-35s to service after US crash grounded global fleet
Air force completes inspections of planes to ensure they didn’t have fuel line problem that caused malfunction in US Marine Corps jet in South Carolina
By Judah Ari Gross
Two F-35 fighter jets land in Israel on November 8, 2017 (Israel Defense Forces)
October 11, 2018, 5:53 pm
After crash, global fleet of F-35s grounded, including Israel’s
Flights suspended as operators inspect stealth fighters’ fuel lines in light of last month’s crash in South Carolina
By Agencies and Judah Ari Gross
An undated image of the George Washington University campus in Washington, DC. (Screen capture: YouTube)
April 24, 2018, 9:34 pm
George Washington U student Senate passes BDS resolution
Nonbinding motion calls on university to divest from companies it claims contribute to Israel’s human rights abuses of Palestinians
By JTA
This undated photo provided by the US Air Force shows an X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (US Air Force via AP)
February 7, 2018, 12:49 pm
Russian hackers exploit weakness in US cyber defense
Group known as ‘Fancy Bears’ targets dozens of employees working on secret projects including drones, missiles, stealth fighter jets, cloud-computing platforms
By JEFF DONN, Desmond Butler and Raphael Satter
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