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21/05/04 - IAF Operations During The Al-Aqsa Intifada updated up to the end of September 2003.

13/11/04 - IAF Operations During The Al-Aqsa Intifada now updated up to March 2003, more soon.

07/10/04 - started bringing IAF Operations During The Al-Aqsa Intifada page back to life, completing info up to September 2002, with more to follow soon. Also updated R.W.D 13 and Vultee BT-13 Valiant sections with additional info.

23/08/04 - Another set of photos from the IAF Museum, including the latest additions : Kurnass 2000 614, F-4E(S) 498 and an IAI Arava.

21/08/04 - Museum page now includes lists of photos in each section.

08/07/04 - Photos of Sud-Quest Vautour 29, perserved in Kfar Giladi, now available throught the Museum section, plus new additions and routine maintenance to the Links page.

01/05/04 - Yet more photos from the IAF Museum, with the special Memorial and Independence Days display.

06/03/04 - IAF Museum section is back online, with brand new photos from the Museum. Links updated as well.

09/07/03 - Routine maintenance, removed dead links, added some new ones, fixed renewed image hosting problems. Al-Aqsa Intifada Gallery now has its own independent page. Please, please, please let me know if any problems persist.

18/10/02 - Removed my small forum and replaced it with a link to the IAF List, an excellent place to meet other IAF enthusiasts!

19/09/02 - Done fixing image hosting problems, anyone encountering yet more problems, please, please let me know.

04/09/02 - New Vautour, Dornier Do-27, Noratlas and Hercules photos.

28/08/02 - New images in Phantom, Mosquito, Norseman and Skymaster sections.

23/08/02 - Fixed image problems on pages dealing with the French fighters, incluing new pictures of the Ouragan, Super Mystere and Sa'ar. Also fixed Gloster Meteor page, adding a new photo there as well. None of the old photos have been deleted, all are still available through the Gallery page.

17/08/02 - Begun fixing problems with image hosting, should be done within a week or two.

06/04/02 - Bristol Beaufighter section expanded with new information, new links, including one to the official Jordanian armed forces site, plus the regular updates to the IAF Operations During The Al-Aqsa Intifada page. The sheer amount of events is so huge, I've now divided the page dealing with the second year of fighting into two separate pages, one for the first part of the year (October 2001 - March 2002), and another for April 2002 onwards.

23/03/02 - Removing dead link in the Opponents section, adding new ones in links page and other minor updates and alterations.

18/01/02 - I've redone the index page, please let me know if you encounter any problems, dead links, etc.

05/01/02 - IAF Poll updated, results reset.

08/12/01 - A great deal of new info and photos in the IAF Operations During The Al-Aqsa Intifada page, following a really intensive week of IAF activity. also did a little reorganization of the links page, separating the best IAF sites from the rest.

24/11/01 - the IAF Museum page no longer leads to the museum pictures, pending reorganization of that section (suggestions are most welcome). a new table in the Losses page details Arab Losses during War of Attrition.

10/11/01 - besides the routine updates to the IAF Operations During The Al-Aqsa Intifada page, I've now also set a aside a separate pictures from the Intifada section. new info also added to the Dornier Do-27 section, including combat losses, and a small correction to the Phantom page concerning the type's first kill.

07/10/01 - completely reorganized the Palestinian uprising page, with an index page, IAF Operations During The Al-Aqsa Intifada, containing a map of major flashpoint as well as pointing to pages depicting IAF operations during the First and Second years of the uprising. also added a new aircraft type, the Airspeed A.S. 65 Consul, and some new links.

21/07/01 - added a new page dedicated to the Sikorsky UH-60 / S-70 Blackhawk, plus the usual updates to the IAF Operations during Autumn 2000 Palestinian Uprising page. also initiated a new mailing list as the old one is about to be shut down.

17/04/01 - IAF Operations during Autumn 2000 Palestinian Uprising page updated with news of the IAF strike against a Syrian radar station in Lebanon. Those who follow the Uprising page should note that it is updated more often than specified on this page, usually within a day of major events.

31/03/01 - IAF Operations during Autumn 2000 Palestinian Uprising page updated, new links added, plus new info about the Douglas DC-5 and Grumman Mohawk.

24/03/01 - IAF Operations during Autumn 2000 Palestinian Uprising page updated with latest events, two new MiG-23 photos in the gallery.

27/02/01 - added a new page to the Opponents section, listing aircraft flown by the Egyptian Air Force between 1932 and 1994. also updated page about the IAF's maritime helicopters, the Aerospatiale Dauphin and Panther, plus new info in the Apache page, including news of the latest IAF purchase signed but a week ago, 9 AH-64D Apache Longbows!
I've begun work on a page about the IAF's destruction of the Syrian SAMs in the Bekaa Valley on June 9th 1982, the first section, detailing the events leading to the strikes, is now available. as usual, latest news in the ongoing clashes covered in the IAF Operations during Autumn 2000 Palestinian Uprising page.

02/02/01 - IAF Operations during Autumn 2000 Palestinian Uprising page updated with latest events and a number of photos. New links added as well.

13/01/01 - updated IAF Operations during Autumn 2000 Palestinian Uprising page, latest events covered plus new information about previous events, participating aircraft types and more. I've also gone through the entire links page, removing and updating dead links while adding new ones.

16/12/00 - one new aircraft type, the Douglas DC-5. latest news also added to the IAF Operations during Autumn 2000 Palestinian Uprising page, plus new additions to the gallery and links pages.

21/11/00 - latest developments covered in the IAF Operations during Autumn 2000 Palestinian Uprising page, plus 4 new pictures in the gallery section - two of an F-15 visiting the IAF Museum (courtesy of Rolf Behrens), an F-15 which managed to land despite having its right wing torn off and an F-16 with 7.5 kill markings, recently mentioned in the IAF Forum.

19/11/00 - with all the violence currently taking place, it was only a matter of time before I put some reference to it on the site. a new section in the operations page details IAF operations in the current Palestinian uprising. I will keep it updated with new information as often as possible. Also added a number of new links.

27/10/00 - one new aircraft type, the Pilatus PC-6A Turbo Porter. also updated the article about the encounter between the IAF and RAF on January 7th 1949. new pictures from the IAF Museum added to the gallery section, including recent arrivals at the Museum, an IAF Kfir in US Marines colours and an RF-4E.

01/10/00 - two new aircraft types, the Bell 206 JetRangar/LongRanger (Saifan/Saifaneet) and the Temco Buckaroo TE-1A. also added new links.

26/08/00 - C-130 Hercules page added, includes two pictures taken at the 2000 IAF pilot graduation ceremony. new info relating to the October 9th 1973 strike against the Syrian HQ in Damascus.

05/08/00 - rewritten sections about two of the most important War of Independence types, the Avia S.199 and the de Havilland Dragon Rapide. also added info about the Bell 47G helicopter as well as more links.

08/07/00 - new page in Operations section, detailing the dogfights of April 7th 1967. also created the IAF Forum, please visit it!

16/06/00 - added description of five light aircraft types : Vultee BT-13 Valiant, Nord 1203/II Norecrin II, Aerospatiale SOCATA Rallye 893, Piaggio P-149D and Aerospatiale SOCATA TB-20 Trinidad (Pashosh). new info about the IAI Arava added as well.

19/05/00 - Losses page updated with an Arab losses during 1967 Six Days War section, a new article in the Opponents page and many new links.

01/05/00 - additional pages about a number of French era aircraft types, the Dassault Super Mystere, its derivative, the IAI Sa'ar, and the Aerospatiale Super Frelon. more links and pictures added as well.

15/04/00 - completely revised the Gloster Meteor section.

04/03/00 - new AH-1 Cobra section.

26/02/00 - Losses page now includes a table of confirmed Egyptian losses during the Yom Kippur War. added info of a little known type, the Miles M-57 Aerovan, as well as a lot more links.

04/02/00 - now featuring the Boeing Stratocruiser as well as new info about the Fokker Instructor. also, it is now possible to search the site.

15/01/00 - completing the F-4 Phantom II story, I've just added a new section about the reconnaissance Phantom, the RF-4E.

25/12/99 - F-4 Phantom II section completely rewritten, new information and new pictures added. also added de Havilland Chipmunk section, as well as two photos of IAF Blackhawks taken by a friend in the Judean Desert.

22/11/99 - new Nord Noratlas page, as well as new info about the Fairchild Argus. more pictures and links, losses page corrected for Internet Explorer users.

09/11/99 - another War of Independence aircraft added, this time the Taylorcraft BL. I've also learnt new info about IAF Grumman Mohawks, it turns out the last one is still airworthy!

30/10/99 - new section in the losses page, Israeli Attrition report for 1956 operation "Kadesh". also added info about Israeli Beechcraft Bonanzas.

16/10/99 - three new aircraft types : first and foremost the Dassault Mirage IIICJ, as well as the Avro Anson and the Grumman Widgeon. also updated Hiller 360 info.

02/10/99 - various aircraft of the War of Independence featured: C-54 Skymaster, de Havilland Tiger Moth, R.W.D 15, Noorduyn Norseman and Republic Seabee. Also rewritten de Havilland Mosquito section.

20/09/99 - a number of additions to the site, finally got around to starting the Opponents section, currently containing two entries. Two new aircraft types: the Sikorsky S-58 and the R.W.D 13, one of the first IAF aircraft and the first to fly a combat sortie. Losses page updated to include Egyptian air-to-air losses during operation "Kadesh" (1956).

12/09/99 - Sud-Ouest Vautour section rewritten.

07/09/99 - another of the IAF's French fighters featured, this time the Dassault Mystere IVA. also featured is the Dornier Do-27.

02/09/99 - i've rewritten and added new information about two of the IAF earliest aircraft, the B-17 Flying Fortress and the Bristol Beaufighter.

07/08/99 - Aerospatiale Dauphin and Panther, the IAF's maritime helicopters, added, i've also rewritten the AH-64 Apache section to include more data.

04/08/99 - two major additions, Dassault Ouragan info as well as an Arab - Israeli aircraft losses page besides new links and pics.

17/07/99 - new McD 500MD Defender page.

26/06/99 - added IAI Arava and Sikorsky S-55 info.

19/06/99 - new entry about Israeli Lockheed C-69 Constellations. new sites in the links section, including a link to the official Israel at the 1999 Paris Air Show site.

18/05/99 - continuing with an F-15 theme, i've added the story of the IAF attack on the PLO headquarters in Tunis. Also added to the gallery are a large number of pictures, among them 6 new pictures of the IAI Kfir.

08/05/99 - F-15I Thunder update.

01/05/99 - new F-15 Eagle section, plus more links and pictures. join the mailing list to get news of site updates.

17/04/99 - incorporated my new IAF museum page into the site, also written Lockheed Hudson info.

19/03/99 - Joined the reborn Israeli Air Force web ring, the old one can still be accessed through the links page.

13/03/99 - Fouga CM.170 Magister (IAI Zukit) info.

20/02/99 - Finally wrote about The IAF's best known operation, operation "Moked", also added Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar info.

06/02/99 - IAF Poll created as well as added Curtiss Commando info.

31/12/98 - Israel Aircraft Industries Seascan.

28/11/98 - North American T-6 Harvard info.

31/10/98 - added the story about the confrontation between the IAF and the Soviet air force.

11/10/98 - P-51D Mustang added.

05/09/98 - touched up some things, also added some links.

27/07/98 - IAI Nesher, Cessna aicraft, BN Islander and Fairchild Argus.

18/07/98 - Consolidated Catalina and Boeing Stearman.

04/07/98 - Thunderstreak and Sabre added to the inventory plus map of israel to the mission section.

27/06/98 - Fokker S.11 & de Havilland Dragon Rapide info.

25/06/98 - F-15I plus guestbook.

19/06/98 - Operation "Solomon" added.

13/06/98 - Operation "Rooster",Alouette II data plus more pictures and links.

02/05/98 - Gallery re-designed along with newer pictures.

15/04/98 - I've written another part of the Operations page, plus updated the gallery and links pages.

20/03/98 - More pictures added to the gallery.

07/03/98 - Official IDF site has moved so the links have been updated. Also added info about the Grumman Mohawk.

05/03/98 - Gallery section added along with a lot more pics.

02/03/98 - Hawkeye info and pic.

28/02/98 - inventory updated, along with new links and some new information about the Gazelle, B-17, Meteor, Vautour, and Mosquito.

07/01/98 - written Hiller stuff and joined IAF ring.

04/01/98 - added links to various air forces and a new Messerschmitt pic.



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