The Air Force is the State of Israel as we dream it would look: not perfect, but as close as possible • That's why the shock of flooding is so great • Interpretation

• An F-16 aircraft is submerged in a Hatzor base

The Air Force has honestly earned the huge credit that the Israeli public gives him. The excellence, the professionalism, the rigorous investigations - all of which made him, and rightly, the state's insurance policy.

Unlike Partch's improvisation and improvisation, the Israeli Air Force is the State of Israel as we dream it would look. Not perfect, but as close as possible. The Tel Aviv Municipality also expects proper functioning, but it is prepared to accept malfunctions. The Air Force did not, and it was good.

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That is why the shock was created from the flooding at Hazor base last Thursday. The Air Force is neither Nahariya nor Ashkelon. It is not possible that one of its bases will come out operational for three days, that eight aircraft will be damaged and not in the war - and as if nothing. No one at the base claimed responsibility, and no one sued her.

Senior Air Force officials will be honored to find out for themselves in a thorough investigation, and if the functioning of a Hatzor base in this event was satisfactory. Why the local council's repeated warnings about the dangers of the nearby streams remain unanswered, and why the base will not be operated effectively enough in real time.

From a base that should be practiced frequently to missile absorption situations, more is expected. True, this was an unusual nature event, but one has to ask: If that was the baseline level of functioning in the last fifth, how would it function under missile bargains in the next war?

Documentation of damage at Hatzor base

Particularly disturbing is the fact that this happened on this base. His commanders are the first to know why. Alas for the State of Israel if it so easily goes out of its way, and it would be good if she wonders how she is prepared for the disturbing possibility that this will happen again in the future.

In the Air Force yesterday, they argued that the responsibility for the drainage problems of the nearby streams is that of the local council. Even if that's true, it's just an excuse: the Air Force can move mountains whenever it wants. Close areas for training, copy civilian airports, divert planes. It is precisely here that he became mute and an accomplice to the Israeli "nearby" method that is unfamiliar?

This failure is further echoed by the ridiculous attempt to hide the incident. It is recommended that the IAF convene all its senior officials and information security officers, give them a calendar and connect them to 2020. The thought that a base closure and damage to aircraft can be avoided is amateurish, indicating a dangerous disconnect from reality. It is unclear why the military censorship gave it a go, and why the spokesmen did not make it clear to the decision makers that the damage the concealment is causing to the public's confidence in the Air Force is far greater than any potential benefit.

The Air Force is expected to be different. For that, his pride. His rare standard cannot just remain in the sky. It must also be applied to the soil. In norms, in values, in daily functioning. He can't make a joke.

Exactly because of this the incident in Hatzor cannot amount to the words "We are investigating and will learn lessons". He must have a clear responsibility: not only because of the millions of shekels thrown in the trash and the unwarranted loss of competence and readiness, but to leave the Air Force a sparkling and unique diamond in the skies of Israeli mediocrity.