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F-16 WARPLANE ENGINES STOLEN FROM ISRAELI AIR BASE
December 6, 2012 - 13:39 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Thieves have made off with several U.S.-made
engines for F-16 warplanes worth millions of dollars from an airbase
in central Israel, AFP reported citing army radio.
Israel's Walla Internet site said preliminary findings after an
investigation by military police indicated there may have been
collusion between the thieves and personnel, either military or
civilian, at the base.
It said the military police suspect the engines may have been stolen
to be sold as scrap metal. It is not known when the thefts took place.
Army radio said a military spokesman had refused any comment on the
incident, except to say that an official report on the inquiry would
be sent to the military prosecutor.
Last year, the Israeli military police launched an investigation after
parts for F-15 and F-16 warplanes from the Tel Nof airbase near Tel
Aviv were discovered when police searched a warehouse used by scrap
metal merchants.
December 6, 2012 - 13:39 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Thieves have made off with several U.S.-made
engines for F-16 warplanes worth millions of dollars from an airbase
in central Israel, AFP reported citing army radio.
Israel's Walla Internet site said preliminary findings after an
investigation by military police indicated there may have been
collusion between the thieves and personnel, either military or
civilian, at the base.
It said the military police suspect the engines may have been stolen
to be sold as scrap metal. It is not known when the thefts took place.
Army radio said a military spokesman had refused any comment on the
incident, except to say that an official report on the inquiry would
be sent to the military prosecutor.
Last year, the Israeli military police launched an investigation after
parts for F-15 and F-16 warplanes from the Tel Nof airbase near Tel
Aviv were discovered when police searched a warehouse used by scrap
metal merchants.