Helicopter

WATCH: IDF, Soroka, Joseftal hospitals carry out first-ever ECMO patient evacuation

In a first-of-its-kind operation, the Israel Air Force and medical teams from Soroka and Joseftal hospitals airlifted a young woman connected to an ECMO life-support system from Eilat to Beersheba.

|ByJAMES GENN
A military helicopter and medical staff from Soroka and Joseftal hospitals evacuate a patient connected to an ECMO machine, February 14, 2026.
White pickup trucks spotted on the Egyptian side of the Israel-Egypt border, February 11, 2026.

IDF deploys forces against trucks seen along Egyptian border for second time in 24 hours - report

In an afternoon statement, the Eshkol Regional Council noted that several gatherings of this type along the Egyptian side of the border have been reported in recent days.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
THE NEW "Pereh" helicopter, expected to replace the IDF's "Yas'ur" helicopters.

Defense Ministry, Elbit sign $130 million deal to outfit helicopters with Israeli tech

These advanced Elbit technologies will include command and control, avionics, electronic warfare systems, and the advanced anti-missile DIRCM system.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Members of the US Army perform maintenance on a Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, scheduled to be used in the US Army's 250th Birthday Celebration and Parade, following landing on the National Mall in Washington, DC, US, June 11, 2025.

US approves $3.8 billion sale of advanced Apache helicopters to Israel

The package Israel requested included 30 AH-64E helicopters and 70 engines, along with advanced night-vision and targeting systems, radar, and support equipment.

|ByAMIR BOHBOT

Rare technical malfunction caused deadly helicopter crash in January

A broken motor blade in the left engine caused a fire that damaged the right engine and caused the Atalef AS565 Panther to crash into the sea.

FEBRUARY 11, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Atalef AS565 Panther

Unmanned CH-53K could take Israeli troops deep behind enemy lines

The CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters purchased by the IAF can potentially have the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System installed.

FEBRUARY 10, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Unmanned Blackhawk

Remembering She’ar Yashuv, the IDF's worst accident

MILITARY AFFAIRS: Parents of soldiers who died 25 years ago in the most tragic accident in the IDF’s history look back in sorrow and acceptance.

JANUARY 27, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
A MONUMENT BUILT in 2008 near Kibbutz Dafna for the 73 IDF soldiers who died in the 1997 helicopter disaster.

Israel marks 25 years since two helicopters collided, killing all 73 on board

Israelis commemorate the 73 soldiers killed when two helicopters collided on their way to Lebanon in 1997. To this day the IDF has yet to give a definite reason as to why the helicopters crashed.

JANUARY 26, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Israeli soldiers sift through the rubble of an army helicopter as they search for dead soldiers late February 4, 1997.

It's time for an IDF mindset change - editorial

In less than two week, two horrific accidents have left four IDF officers dead.

JANUARY 15, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi attends a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting in November.

IDF helicopter crash: Interim report unable to determine cause

The IDF believes that the likely crash of the helicopter was due to a fire that broke out in the left engine.

JANUARY 13, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
An Atalef helicopter, demonstrating a search-and-rescue operation, during an airshow at Ramat David Airbase in 2009.

Gantz, IDF chief Kohavi talk to squadron of helicopter crash

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi reaffirmed the IDF's intention to "thoroughly investigate the incident."

JANUARY 11, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks to soldiers and officers of the 193rd Squadron

Technical malfunction behind deadly IDF helicopter crash

It is still unclear why the two pilots were unable to exit the helicopter and the exact cause of their deaths is yet to be determined.

JANUARY 4, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Part of a military helicopter that crashed off the coast of Haifa on January 3, 2021.

MK apologizes for false report on crash

While the press faces censorship on what it can report, Knesset members are under no obligation to abide by such rules.

JANUARY 4, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
Yesh Atid MK Ram Ben Barak, head of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee

Air Force launches probe to determine cause of helicopter crash that killed pilots

A third crew member was rescued from the sea and is in stable condition at Rambam hospital.

JANUARY 3, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
From left: 38-year-old Lt.-Col Erez Sachaini and 27-year-old Major Hen Fogel, the two soldiers killed in the helicopter crash on January 3, 2022