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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 18:49 22/10/2007 IAF: Air force violations of civilian air space down sharply in 2007 By Zohar Blumenkrantz, Haaretz Correspondent The number of Israel Air Force violations of civilian aviation lanes and areas has decreased sharply since the beginning of 2007, a senior IAF officer told Haaretz on Sunday. The officer credited the decrease to harsher disciplinary action. He said that only three IAF planes had violated civilian airspace since the beginning of the year, compared to eight in 2006, 20 in 2005, and 70 in 2004. As a safety precaution, IAF planes are required to keep a certain distance from the air space used by civil aviation. Advertisement According to the officer, any plane that crosses into civilian air space, even during hours in which there is no civil aviation activity, is automatically returned to base, regardless of the type of plane or pilot's rank. Bookmark to del.icio.us A Palestinian gesture The top PA diplomat in Poland joined his Israeli counterpart on a visit to Auschwitz. Link to Temple found A controversial Temple Mount dig unearthed fragments from the First Temple.

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