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

Defense procurement committee greenlights deal for CH-53K helicopters

Israel’s Ministerial committee that oversees defense procurement approved the Defense Ministry’s recommendation to purchase 10 new helicopters for USD $2.4 billion. 

NOVEMBER 29, 2021ByANNA AHRONHEIM
The CH-53K on it's maiden flight in the skies of Berlin

US State Dept. gives green light to sale of helicopters to Israel

The deal, worth $3.4 billion, will see Israel receive 18 CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters to replace the aging Yasur squadron.

JULY 31, 2021ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Lockheed Martin Sikorsky's Ch-53K on the tarmac at Berlin Air Show

COGAT's Brig.-Gen. Munir Amar: His legacy lives on

Israel was shocked by the death of the Druze commander. His was a future lost.

APRIL 14, 2021ByMAXINE DOVERE
NADEEM AMAR shares a moment with Maj.-Gen. Yoav (Poli) Mordechai at the ‘Run for the Light’ awards ceremony

Five killed, one hurt as helicopter crashes at Alaska glacier

Among those killed was billionare Petr Kellner, the Czech Republic's richest man, his financial group PPF said on Monday.

MARCH 29, 2021ByREUTERS
People run after collecting food aid from a South African National Defence Force (SANDF) helicopter in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai in Nhamatanda village, near Beira, Mozambique, March 26, 2019.

Russian helicopter crashed in Syria - report

The helicopter was not fired at, the report added.

FEBRUARY 28, 2021ByREUTERS
Evening over Damascus, Syria

Defense Ministry chooses CH-53K as IDF’s new heavy-lift helicopters

CH-53Ks are an "urgent" replacement to the aging "Yasur" helicopters.

FEBRUARY 25, 2021ByUDI SHAHAM
Lockheed Martin Sikorsky's Ch-53K on the tarmac at Berlin Air Show

US safety board to meet on Kobe Bryant fatal helicopter crash

The pilot's actions have been in focus in the investigation into the crash of the Sikorsky S-76B helicopter outside Los Angeles into hilly terrain.

FEBRUARY 9, 2021ByREUTERS
Walls for fans to write tributes to Kobe Bryant in Microsoft Square near the Staples Center after a helicopter crash killed the retired basketball star, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 28, 2020

Kobe Bryant, one year after the deadly helicopter crash

The National Transportation Safety Board said it would hold a hearing on Feb. 9 to determine the probable cause of the January 2020 crash.

JANUARY 26, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
FILE PHOTO: Jul 27, 2019; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Kobe Bryant is pictured with his daughter Gianna at the WNBA All Star Game at Mandalay Bay Events Center

Eight peacekeepers killed in military helicopter crash in Sinai

Israel Air Force's search-and-rescue unit reportedly evacuated one person in critical condition to Soroka hospital in Beersheba.

NOVEMBER 12, 2020ByCODY LEVINE, REUTERS
THE SINAI Desert.

Iran: We will build our own helicopters, supply Iraq

Currently Iran’s helicopter fleet consists of mostly American helicopters from the era before the 1979 revolution.

NOVEMBER 8, 2020BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
An Egyptian military helicopter flies over debris from a Russian airliner which crashed at the Hassana area in Arish city, north Egypt, November 1, 2015.