The Israel Air Force (IAF) began its annual Independence Day flyover on Thursday morning as a salute to the State of Israel and its citizens.
For a period of about 2 hours, Israel's citizens from all over the country will be able to watch several types of planes and helicopters fly in an airshow.
Israel Air Force flyover
(קרדיט: עפר מאיר ואורי דוידוביץ')
Flyover: Inside the cockpit
(קרדיט: דו"צ)
From inside the cockpit
(קרדיט: בראל אפרים)
The flyover will include Beechcraft surveillance planes, Hercules cargo planes, C-130s, air-to-air refueling vehicles, various types of F-16s, and F-15s, alongside attack helicopters.
The IAF aircraft will fly over 45 cities across Israel. They took off from Ramat David Air Force Base in the Jezreel Valley at 9:40am. The fly-over arrived in Haifa at around 9:50am, flew over Tel Nof at around 11:55am, and reached Tel Aviv by 12:10pm. The planes will finish their grand tour around Israel by flying over Sacher Park in Jerusalem at 2pm.
Photo: Motti Kimchi
A separate fly-over in southern Israel began at 11:25am. Three Fighting Falcon F-16 A/B aircraft and three Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master planes will fly over Eilat, Yotvata, Sde Boker, Mitzpe Ramon, and Tze'elim, among many other communities.