Original source URL: http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2006/september/09_22_3.html TEL AVIV [MENL] -- The Israel Air Force has received a new airborne early-warning and alert aircraft from the United States. The air force has accepted delivery of a Nahshon-class AEW aircraft called Eitam meant to direct air missions. The Eitam arrived in Israel from the United States on Sept. 19 and was termed the most advanced AEW platform in the military. The Eitam, with a range of 10,000 kilometers and an operational altitude of 35,000 feet, contains an AEW system from the state-owned Israel Aircraft Industries. Officials said the system would enable Eitam, with a 360-degree aerial picture, to direct attack missions independent of ground-based command-and-control stations. "These projects are meant to provide us with the most advanced radars in the world," Israel Air Force commander Maj. Gen. Eliezer Shkeidy said at a ceremony on Sept. 19. "The aircraft was meant to significantly bolster the professional command and control solution and the expansion of the operational eyes of Israel." NOTE: The above is not the full item. This service contains only a small portion of the information produced daily by Middle East Newsline. For a subscription to the full service, please contact Middle East Newsline at: •••@••.••• for further details. -- -------------------------------------------------------- Escaping the Matrix website http://escapingthematrix.org/ cyberjournal website http://cyberjournal.org subscribe cyberjournal list mailto:•••@••.••• Posting archives http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/ Blogs: cyberjournal forum http://cyberjournal-rkm.blogspot.com/ Achieving real democracy http://harmonization.blogspot.com/ for readers of ETM http://matrixreaders.blogspot.com/ Community Empowerment http://empowermentinitiatives.blogspot.com/ Blogger made easy http://quaylargo.com/help/ezblogger.html
