Israeli Air Force security regulations are so tight neither I nor Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, the IDF spokesman accompanying me, are allowed to bring our cellphones aboard.
In its new guise as an Israeli tanker, signs remain of the aircraft’s past life, a reminder of its age.
The seats are stripped out, its long body fitted with huge, pressurized fuel tanks, essential for Israel to project its firepower.
He jockeys the two long levers beside his seat and steers the nozzle toward the gas-hungry fighter jet’s fuel port.
Airstrikes in Hodeidah, Yemen.
Persons:
–, Israel, Nadav Shoshani, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, ” Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Ras Issa, Hodeidah, Herzi Halevi, ” Halevi, Shoshani
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Sea CNN, Boeing, Israel Defense Forces, Israeli Air Force, United Nations General Assembly, UN, CNN, Ben Gurion International, Air Force
Locations:
Saudi, Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Tunis, Iran, Hodeidah Port, Tel Aviv, Red, New York, Hodeidah