However, the military said operational capabilities were never compromised.ДЄlthough weather forecasts predicted the heavy flooding, no preparations were made to prevent possible damage. A new F-16 squadron was established on August 1st 1994, and was equipped by 50 F-16 A/B planes that Israel received from the USAF surplus. Some maintenance equipment was irreparably damaged and the army refused to answer whether any weapons, like missiles or bombs, had been damaged. The rainwater reached the height of the aircraft's wings, and planes were towed from the hangers and repair workshops only after they were flooded. Two die in flooded elevator in Tel Aviv as heavy storms hit IsraelДeath toll of Israel's rough weather over the weekend rises to four The official said that the base in question is situated in an area prone to flooding and that the Air Force is incapable of draining floodwater by itself.Д«ut the Air Force is responsible of draining rainwater accumulated in structures within IDF bases, including the hangers in which the damaged planes were parked.ДЄ super-rare storm just smashed into Israel. The F-35, F-16 and C-130J aircraft operated now and in the future by the.

The aircraft will be powered by either the Pratt & Whitney F100 or General. In late 2014, Lockheed Martin Israel doubled its office space at the Museum. While admitting that the damage to the jets could have been prevented, the official blamed the civil authorities for failing to build drainage systems for the rainwater. The engine type will be selected by the government of Israel in the near future. At 2:30 in the morning on April 13, 2019, around a dozen missiles tore over the night sky of Hama province, Syria, launched by Israeli F-16 jets flying over Lebanon. The army refused to disclose the number of combat jets parked in the flooded base. Israel's Peace Marble V foreign military sales program will supply the Israel Air. According to Air Force estimates, if all fighter jets had been removed from the hangers beforehand вЂ“ which was technically possible вЂ“ the damage to all planes would have been averted. The Israeli Air Force's (IAF) F-16I Sufa (Storm), a two seater, is the latest version of the Lockheed Martin F-16. He added that the jets that were transferred from the hangers to the runways at the base before the rainstorms struck remained intact. Three of the planes suffered serious damage, while five sustained lesser damage and could return to service in the coming weeks, the official projected.

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