Freeing up the F-35s to go after Iran, perhaps.
[IsraelTimes] The Israeli Air Force announces the formation of a new drone squadron that will operate the Elbit Hermes 900 unmanned aerial vehicle.The 147th Squadron, known as "The Battering Ram,"
[gives me a sense of 'lawn dart']
was inaugurated at Palmachim Airbase yesterday.
The military says the squadron was established as part of plans in the IAF to double its Hermes 900 operations amid the war, and other changes to the UAV array.
Palmachim houses the only other Hermes 900 squadron, the 166th.
The Hermes 900 drone is used by the IDF for attack and surveillance missions in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
Strip, the West Bank, Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
, and other areas.
Speaking at the ceremony yesterday, IAF chief Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar said the new squadron was a "tremendous addition."
"In this justified war, the entire UAV array demonstrates operational competence and extremely high operational effectiveness. Thousands of Hamas
...a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...operatives killed, a variety of [surveillance] and intelligence missions, availability and flexibility 24/7, over a period of six months," Bar says.
