Additional evidence of the obsolescence of the Yasur system:
A Yasur helicopter recently landed this evening (Monday) proactively in an open area in the center of the country following a technical malfunction that was defined as "mild."
The IDF announced the case and said that a technical team would arrive at the point and return the helicopter to operation.
The latest technical malfunction is another in a series of malfunctions between the stormtrooper array helicopters.
This is not surprising because it is an outdated array of helicopters that arrived in Israel in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The Air Force has repeatedly succeeded in extending the life of the helicopters while warning of the obsolescence of the array and requiring decision makers to accelerate the selection of the new helicopter model.
In practice, due to governance and budget problems in recent years, the decision on the new aircraft in the Air Force has been postponed, and only last February did the Ministerial Committee convene to discuss and discuss the issue.
Shortly afterwards, the Minister of Defense, Bnei Gantz, announced that he had chosen the CH-53K helicopter made by Lockheed Martin as the new Air Force helicopter.
We recently reported in Israel Today that due to the delay in the schedules and the fact that the procurement agreement has not yet been signed, Israel may remain without transport helicopters and carry soldiers for about a year, although the Air Force is currently working on solutions to extend the old storms.
At the same time, the State Comptroller warned that it would not be possible to extend the storms' lives beyond 2025 as this was life-threatening, as evidenced by the emergency landing of the storms tonight.