Helicopter

IAF helicopter malfunctions during Lebanon rescue, IDF says not hit by enemy fire

A second helicopter had been scrambled to evacuate the three soldiers in its stead.

An Israeli military helicopter flies near the Israeli border with Lebanon, on April 14, 2026.
Illustrative Israeli F16s.

Israeli Air Force says it dropped 135,000 bombs in recent wars, warns of Syrian military rebuild

An IAF Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk demonstrating a simulated evacuation operation at the fighter pilot's graduation ceremony, June 24, 2013; illustrative.

IAF pilots took off under fire, bypassing commander in Lebanon helicopter attack, probe finds

An Israeli military helicopter flies near the Israeli border with Lebanon, during the war with Iran and Hezbollah and ongoing missile fire toward Israel, March 28, 2026.

WATCH: IDF helicopter evacuates wounded soldiers amid heavy fire, drone impacts meters away


Israeli citizen killed in New Jersey helicopter crash

Local news outlets confirmed the time and location of the crash in South Brunswick, New Jersey.

 Robinson R22 helicopter.

Three US Marines die in 'tragic' Australia helicopter crash

A v-22 Osprey helicopter with about 23 US Marines on board had crashed off the coast of Darwin.

 A V-22 Osprey aircraft

Firefighters fall into 8 m. pit during rescue mission, two killed

A firefighter was killed and another was critically injured during unsuccessful attempts to save the life of a man who fell into the pit on Sunday.

 Police and rescue personnel at the scene where three people were injured when they fell into an 8-m deep pit  in the ground in Deir el-Asad, Northern Israel on August 13, 2023

Two firefighting helicopters collide in California, killing three

The first helicopter landed safely after the collision but the second one crashed, killing all three people who were on board.

 A helicopter is seen during a fire in Perris, California, US, July 15, 2023

Vladimir Putin gifts Russian helicopter to Zimbabwean president

"Victims of sanctions must cooperate," Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said. "And this is the cooperation we are seeing."

 Vladimir Putin and Emmerson Mnangagwa.

United Hatzalah flies cancer patients in Israel's periphery for treatment

The pilot project will continue with another flight for a young cancer patient from Israel’s southern Negev region in the coming weeks.

 A young cancer patient named Raaya from the periphery is arriving at a hospital for treatment after being flown there by a United Hatzalah helicopter.

First aircraft on another world reestablishes contact with earth

The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter arrived on the red planet together with the Mars Perseverance rover, which was launched in July 2020.

 NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was captured by the Perseverance rover’s Mastcam-Z on April 16, not long after the rotorcraft’s 50th flight. The helicopter would soon fall silent for 63 days due hilly terrain that interrupted communications between the rover and aircraft.

7 IDF soldiers wounded in Jenin ambush of armored vehicle

Heavy fighting between IDF soldiers and Palestinian gunmen left at least three Palestinians dead and 28 injured.

 Smoke billows from the aftermath of the detonation of a Palestinian explosive charge on an Israeli armoured vehicle during an Israeli army raid in Jenin in the West Bank on June 19, 2023.

22 US soldiers injured in Syria helicopter mishap - military

22 US service members were injured in a helicopter mishap in Syria on Saturday, Central Command stated that no enemy fire was reported.

AH-64 Apache Helicopter seen on July 6, 2021

Israeli Air Force could buy 20 new helicopters from US - report

The IDF will soon have to decide if to buy old "Delta" Apaches that were put out of order in the US and upgrade them, or buy new Apache helicopters of the "Echo" model. 

AH-64 Apache Helicopter seen on July 6, 2021