40 pilots will stand on the parade floor

• The new squadrons // Photo: IDF Spokesman

This Thursday, a number 180 flight course will be held at the Air Force Base at the premises. 40 trainees, 37 men and three women, will be on the parade floor in the wings reception. The IDF notes that the graduates have undergone a complex course that lasts for three years, during which they were trained to form the cutting edge of the IDF's operational and strategic spear, and are the ones to lead the Air Force's operational activities in the years to come.

The ceremony will take place on the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Jewish Defense Forces under the status of President Reuben (Ruby) Rivlin, Prime Minister, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Replacement Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Mr. Benny Gantz, Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi and Commander-in-Chief. Air Force, Gen. Amikam Norkin.

In the shadow of the Corona virus, the end of the flight course will be held this year in a limited and limited manner, with no audience, attended by only graduating families and according to the Ministry of Health and the Medical Corps guidelines, with early preparation and preparation and taking all necessary precautions. In addition, there will be a limited aerial show and the ceremony will be broadcast live on the IDF and Air Force platforms to allow relatives of the course to watch remotely.

This year, the State of Israel marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the "Jewish Defense Forces" - the organizations and military frameworks of the Zionist Organization in Israel, 1948-1936. Today, exactly 100 years after the establishment of the forces, the finishers of the flight course continue to work towards maintaining the security of the State of Israel. Graduates of Flight Flight 180 invited Mordechai Raflowic, a fighter in the Irgun who fought in the British army and the grandfather of Lt. G, one of the graduates of the flight course, for a visit to the Flight School.

"When I fought in the Irgun as a Holocaust refugee, the brightest future I ever dreamed of was the establishment of the state," said Mordechai Raflowitz. "Now, my granddaughter is about to receive the wings of the flight, and I feel that my heart cannot contain the joy and pride. I see it as part of the strength of the Air Force, the IDF and the entire country. "

Air Force Commander, Maj. Amikam Norkin: "Mordechai Raplovich, together with the Hebrew Defense Forces, has created a strong infrastructure on which we operate today and are expanding the Air Force's performance envelope to protect the security of the State of Israel. You, the graduates of the flight course, constitute the strategic air force of the State of Israel and you who will create the strong infrastructure for you to follow in the years to come. "