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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 374

V-22 Osprey

This image made from video shows a helicopter and ambulance involved in rescue mission, after an aircraft crashes carrying US marines, in Darwin, Australia, August 27, 2023. (AuBC via AP)
August 27, 2023, 11:11 am
3 US marines killed as aircraft crashes during drill in Australia with 23 onboard
Five seriously wounded and flown to hospital in Darwin while others treated at triage site at scene; several Osprey aircraft have been involved in accidents in recent years
By AFP
An Israeli Air Force F-15 takes off during the Blue Flag air exercise at the Ovda air force base, north of the Israeli city of Eilat, on November 8, 2017. (Jack Guez/AFP)
July 26, 2018, 3:48 pm
Israel looks at massive military aircraft purchase from US firm Boeing
$11 billion deal, to be paid from US military aid, would replace outdated transport helicopters and refueling planes, add a squadron of stealthier F-15s to Air Force arsenal
By ToI Staff
A US Navy F-35 fighter jet during a test flight. (US Navy/Wikimedia Commons)
November 7, 2015, 6:52 pm
Boost in US aid to Israel hard to justify, NY Times says
Ahead of Obama-Netanyahu meeting, paper warns budgetary cuts make increased assistance to Jewish state problematic
By ToI Staff
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter embraces Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, facing forward, at the National Defense University in Washington, DC on October 27, 2015. (AFP/YURI GRIPAS)
November 4, 2015, 11:40 pm
US officials: Israel requesting $5 billion in annual defense aid
Congressional sources say Jerusalem’s ‘shopping list’ to top $50 billion over decade; negotiations in preliminary stages
By ToI Staff
A Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey prepares to land aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau, February 2008 (photo credit: US Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Anthony Falvo/Wikimedia Commons)
November 2, 2015, 5:40 am
US said to have approved sale to Israel of Ospreys, capable of reaching Iran
Ahead of next week’s Obama-Netanyahu meet, Israel finalizes ‘shopping list’ of desired US military materiel as part of new security agreement; no suggestion that Israel seeking ‘MOP’ bunker-busters
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A CV-22 Osprey aircraft of the 8th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) at Hurlburt Field, Florida, January 26, 2011. (AP/US Air Force, Master Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock)
October 30, 2014, 6:07 pm
Ya’alon said to cancel aircraft purchase from US
Announced in April 2013, deal was to include six V-22 transport planes; reversal comes amid reported strain in ties
By Mitch Ginsburg
A Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey prepares to land aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau, February 2008 (photo credit: US Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Anthony Falvo/Wikimedia Commons)
January 15, 2014, 5:02 am
US plans to sell V-22 Osprey exclusively to Israel
Purchase of six advanced aircraft is part of a proposed weapons package worth NIS 4 billion; Congress has two weeks to object
By Yoel Goldman
Illustrative: A CV-22 Osprey aircraft of the 8th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) at Hurlburt Field, Florida, January 26, 2011. (AP/US Air Force, Master Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock)
December 22, 2013, 8:44 am
Four wounded as 3 US military aircraft hit in S. Sudan
Forces swoop in to evacuate American citizens trapped by recent fighting in troubled African nation
By AP
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, walks with Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon after Ya'alon landed at the Pentagon after a test flight on a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, in June 2013 (photo credit: Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo/Department of Defense)
June 15, 2013, 4:35 am
Ya’alon: Iranian election will make no difference
Defense minister discusses Syria crisis and Iran vote with Chuck Hagel, says Tehran presidential results are predetermined by Khamenei
By Ron Friedman
Illustrative photo of the USS Kearsarge steaming into the Gulf of Aqaba (photo credit: Official US Navy Imagery/File)
May 14, 2013, 6:54 pm
US aircraft carrier docks in Eilat
USS Kearsarge returns to the Gulf of Aqaba for the first time since it was nearly hit by rockets in 2005
By Adiv Sterman
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