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Happy Independence Day!

And talking about IDF/IAF, last year I was at the Heyl Ha'Avir museum in Hatzerim and I loved it!

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Some photos of the AF flyby in recognition to the men & women fighting the Corona virus in Israeli hospitals

(my wife forward these photos from our neighborhood's WhatsApp group haha)

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I have a cousin over there serving now in the IDF

Happy Independence Day! 

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