As we all know, the Israeli Air Force, founded in 1947, is one of the most powerful and mysterious air forces in the world. It is also the air force with the most practical combat experience after World War II and is still used at any time today. Stay prepared. It is not inferior to any major European country in terms of the quantity and quality of fighter aircraft or the quality of personnel training. It is second to none in the Middle East and is nicknamed the "Long Arm of the Middle East."

Rigorous training creates aces

The reason why the Israeli Air Force has achieved impressive results in history has created many ace pilots , which is inseparable from the strict training methods of the Israeli Air Force.

Adhere to selected and rigorous training Israel’s training of pilots is very strict, and successive air force commanders have “concentrated on the quality of pilots.” The Israeli Air Force has priority compared with other military services in recruiting pilots. Among all 18-year-old human resources in the country, the Air Force first selects the best to join the Air Force every year, and the flight selection process takes place one year before the recruits join the army. It begins. In addition to a strict physical examination, the "Basic Pilot Skills Assessment System" is also used to test the pre-selected target's reaction, memory, coordination and emergency response capabilities to determine whether he has the basic skills of a pilot. quality. The Israeli Air Force attaches great importance to quality in flight training and has established the guiding ideology of "quality over quantity" from top to bottom. Its training mission is to create first-class fighter pilots. The Israeli Air Force has strict pilot selection standards, which are the most stringent in the Middle East. Only 10% of student pilots can become fighter pilots upon graduation. In order to lay a solid technical foundation for pilots, the Israeli Air Force attaches great importance to ensuring sufficient flight training time. Pilots fly more time every year than the air forces of most countries. Each person flies an average of more than 250 hours every year. At the age of 35, I usually fly up to 4,000 hours.

Focusing on the integration of combat training, the Israeli Air Force emphasized that the Air Force’s tactical training and exercises should be organized and implemented according to specific situations under conditions that are generally consistent with actual combat. The Israeli Air Force Training Department has an Operations Bureau and a Training Bureau. Operations and training are managed under one system to facilitate the integration of operations and training. The Israeli Air Force focuses on organizing simulated combat training based on actual combat, and has built large-scale training ranges in the Negev desert and sea to simulate actual combat environments. According to the training subjects, the shooting range is equipped with different air defense simulation systems to simulate the enemy's surface-to-air missiles, air defense radars and electronic countermeasures. Live bombing training is conducted at least once a year. Through combat environment simulation, we strive to place pilots in realistic actual combat conditions for training. In order to improve the tactical and technical level of pilots, the Israeli Air Force also pays great attention to studying the performance of enemy combat aircraft, formulating corresponding combat countermeasures, and increasing the pilots' confidence in winning. Israel has obtained a variety of advanced enemy combat aircraft through different means. On the one hand, they understand the performance characteristics of these aircraft, and on the other hand, they carry out counter-air combat training as target aircraft. After the flight training, the training situation was discussed, and many of the combat plans proposed were adopted in the war. On the basis of strict peacetime training, the Israeli Air Force pays special attention to long-term combat training for combat missions to be performed in different periods.

Emphasizing bravery and tenacity. The Israeli Air Force believes that modern air combat is not only more important than the level of weapons and equipment and tactical technology, but also the fighting spirit. If the pilots do not have the heroic and tenacious fighting spirit of disregarding death, even if It is impossible to give full play to a good tactical and technical level. The training mission is not only to train pilots, but most importantly to train warriors in air combat and to cultivate the important qualities of pilots: honesty, reliable partnership and mutual support. Before entering aviation school, all Israeli Air Force flight cadets must recite an oath to show their loyalty to the country. Israeli pilots knew that the success or failure of their air combat would have a decisive effect on the outcome of the war. Therefore, the Israeli Air Force requires pilots to not only have skilled flying skills, but also be brave and tenacious in combat.

Proper training of reserve service personnel is an important part of the Israeli Air Force. The level of their training directly affects the air force's combat effectiveness. Reserve pilot training is required to fly 30 hours per month, but many pilots exceed that number. Most reserve pilots can assume combat duty within 24 hours after an emergency call-up order is issued. When a pilot squadron refits a new aircraft type, reserve pilots need to undergo modification training together with active pilots. If a reserve pilot cannot modify a new aircraft with his squadron, he will be sent to another squadron to train with the aircraft he is familiar with. Those who are not suitable for flying may be assigned to the staff organization or serve as liaison work for reserve maintenance personnel. Reserve maintenance technicians are typically called on to serve twice a year for 15 days each time. The Israeli Air Force's research report shows that this is very necessary. The requested reserve maintenance technicians will spend 2 to 3 days on recovery technical training, and then join the aircraft maintenance team. Reserve technicians can participate in the modification of new aircraft types, giving them the opportunity to become familiar with the new aircraft while avoiding overburdening active technicians.

In fact, most active technicians regard reserve technicians as experts with experience and knowledge.

Drawing a grand blueprint for the future

Today, the Israeli Air Force has gone through 58 years of history. After years of war training, the Israeli Air Force has determined its "way to victory", which emphasizes a proactive offensive combat philosophy and protects Israel's national interests from infringement through preemptive actions. "For Israel, the best defense is over other countries' capitals," as can be seen from this "famous saying" of a former commander of the Israeli Air Force. Currently, the Israeli army is planning to prepare for future wars by reforming strategies, tactics, and weaponry.

First, continue to maintain high-intensity dispatch and rapid response capabilities to meet the needs of local conflicts. Under modern combat conditions, the Israeli Air Force places special emphasis on high-intensity dispatches and rapid response capabilities. Its fighter dispatch rate can reach 92% to 96%, and the preparation time for another dispatch is only about 7 minutes.

The second is to focus on concentration of forces and unified command in the combat guiding ideology, emphasizing the use of overwhelming superior force to severely damage the enemy in a certain local area or at a certain moment in the war. For example, in the third Middle East War, the Israeli Air Force left only 12 fighter planes in reserve in the first attack wave on the first day, and then "all in one" dispatched to attack enemy airports.

The third is to pay attention to the special functions of weapons and equipment. Since 1982, the Israeli Air Force has attached great importance to equipping fighter bombers to strengthen interception bombing and breakout bombing against the enemy, including attacks on enemy positions, and can also perform anti-tank missions if necessary. Today, with the rapid development of air-to-air missiles, the Israeli Air Force still insists on installing cannons on all ordered "Mirage" 3C fighters to improve its mobile air combat capabilities.

The fourth is to strengthen long-range combat capabilities. Among the air forces of various countries around the world, the Israeli Air Force's long-range attack capabilities are also well known. In April 1976, the Israeli air force traveled thousands of kilometers and suddenly landed at Entebbe Airport, the capital of Uganda, killing the hijackers and rescuing the Israeli hostages, which shocked the world. Israeli military personnel believe that the biggest challenge the Israeli Air Force will face in the next 10 years lies in hostile countries with which it does not have fixed borders. One Air Force commander said, "The military is going to have to stretch its hand far enough, and that doesn't mean just buying F-15s and F-16s, or later F-22s." So, as one Israeli Air Force officer put it: “We usually train in our backyards, now we have to rethink how we fight from a distance.”

In addition, Israel will add a large number of early warning aircraft systems, reconnaissance and communication systems, and will continue to seek to purchase cruise missiles from the United States, and may deploy its own cruise missiles, striving to hit "adversaries thousands of kilometers away" ".