- Jul 1, 2018
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Authorization for an Israeli deployment to South Africa was given the green light as crews worked through the night to load up a Lockheed C-130 Hercules with vital medical equipment such as vaccines, personal protective equipment and other equipment to ensure that Israeli medical teams had the right equipment to treat patients in whatever speciality they worked in. Another Lockheed C-130 Hercules was also loaded up with weaponry for each military police officer on the ground and these included M4 carbines and Glock 17 handguns as well as other equipment such as handcuffs and bulletproof vests to commit to doing their job in the safest manner. The two aircraft would be fully fueled and ready for take off and they took off in a safe manner to ensure that they could reach the designated refueling point over the middle of Africa, specifically over Sudan and the Congo.
Two fully fueled Boeing 767's from El Al had been commandeered out by the Ministry of Defense to ferry the following units out to South Africa and they took off just before 5am local time, turning south and heading down towards Africa. The atmosphere onboard was calm with personnel grabbing some much needed rest after saying goodbyes to their families before being deployed to South Africa, watching some television or shared small talk between themselves.
- 645th "Ta'oz" Military Police Battalion (200x Military Police Personnel)
- Rebecca Sieff Hospital Military Unit (500x Reserve Personnel)
The deployment of Israeli assets would be made through KM > KL > KK > KI > KH > KG > JF with each plane coordinating with local air traffic controllers to comply with safety regulations. The Swedish Department of Defense would be informed through a private and encrypted channel that the Israel Defense Force had began its deployment and had given them notice of where the Israeli Air Force was going to meet up to be refueled using Swedish assets in the region.
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