Defense Minister Yoav Gallant spoke with pilots in regular and reserve service at the Air Force's Ramon base, and told them that: "In the State of Israel, the noise of airplanes will always be louder than all the background noise. I am working through every means to get the IDF out of the political controversy." Gallant added that: "The men of the corps are a strategic asset of the State of Israel, this is why we need them all. The wall called the Air Force is strong, but small. Every brick that falls undermines the stability of the wall, so we don't have the privilege of not reporting for missions. The preservation of cohesion is especially important also in the strengthening procedures that we are required to do in order to protect the State of Israel." (Yoav Zitun)