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


Motorcyclist collapses, dies on off-road path in northern Israel

After a man collapsed in difficult terrain, the first responders and a helicopter could not reach him fast enough.

 The IDF’s elite Airborne Combat, Search and Rescue Unit 669.

Four Russian military aircraft shot down near Ukraine, Russian daily reports

Although the video appears to show the plane being shot down, there has been no confirmation whether or not this is the case.

Ukrainian military helicopter flies over a village, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine April 29, 2023

Russian military helicopter crashes over Crimea, 2 pilots dead

An investigation was opened to confirm the cause of the crash, which occurred in the Dzhankoi region of northern Crimea.

 A view shows a Russian airforce plane at the Belbek airport near Sevastopol, Crimea

US forces kill ISIS leader, two others in Syria - US officials

The US appears to be increasing the tempo of operations against ISIS in Syria with its partners on the ground.

 An ISIS member carries an Islamic State flag in Syria.

IDF rescue pilots describe harrowing conditions in flood rescue ops

The pilots conducting the rescue missions dealt with long flights in the dark with lightning, rains, winds and torrential streams.

An IAF Yasur helicopter, often used in search-and-rescue missions

Second Lebanon War helicopter pilot, rescuer reunited

In an emotional reunion before 850 American visitors on a Chabad Jewish Learning Institute mission, Gershony met senior paramedic Shimon Eliyah Abitbul.

  ISRAELI PARALYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST NOAM GERSHONY MEETS MDA MEDIC THAT PULLED HIM OUT OF HELICOPTER WRECKAGE IN 2006

Could tanks, helicopters secure quiet in W. Bank with Palestinians? - analysis

There are many ideas, short of a messianic peace vision, that can help restore calm, but tanks and helicopters are either a tiny part or a nonexistent part of the solution.

Tank crews from the Seventh Brigade's 75th Battalion train with their new Merkava Mk. 4 tanks

Ukraine honors interior minister, other senior officials, killed in helicopter crash

Zelensky credits the fallen minister as being instrumental in efforts to defend Ukraine following Moscow's assault of Ukraine in February 2022.

 Memorial ceremony for Ukrainian interior minister, his deputy and officials who died in helicopter crash

Ukraine interior minister, 13 others, killed in helicopter crash

Ukraine's minister Denys Monastyrsky, his second-in-command and 14 other senior officials were killed. The cause of the crash is unknown.

 A view shows the site a where a helicopter falls on civil infrastructure buildings, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Brovary, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, January 18, 2023.

US Navy starts full-rate production of new CH-53K helicopter

Israel has purchased 12 of the new helicopters to replace its aging Yasur helicopter fleet.

The CH-53K King Stallion helicopter