Air Force Israeli driver, Navigator reveals a historic air campaign against Iran

First on the fox – While the American forces launched their strikes on Iranian nuclear installations, the Israeli pilots had already been in the sky – carrying out missions which they considered vital not only for the security of Israel, but for the wider effort to face the global threat of the regime.

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, two members of the Israeli air force (IAF) – a female combat flight navigator and a pilot whose identities are not revealed for security reasons – have offered a rare and first -hand story of the Israeli historic air campaign against Iran.

The operation, she said, is not only a fight for national survival, but a wider mission to face global threats.

“In the past few days, we have carried out specific and determined operations against the existential threat posed by the Iranian regime – from western Iran in the heart of Tehran,” said the female combat navigator.

“We have reached air superiority, neutralizing critical infrastructure and eliminating a third of the Iranian missile capacities. Each mission that we fly is aimed at an objective, protecting the state of Israel and ensuring the security of its citizens. We will continue to act at any time, anywhere, to defend our house.”

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A massive plume of smoke and shooting rises from an oil refinery in the south of Tehran following reports that an Israeli strike overnight targeted the site on June 15, 2025. (Atta Kenare / AFP)

The campaign began with a massive preventive strike, launched by Israeli intelligence assessments according to which the deployments of increasing Iran missiles and the advancement nuclear program presented an immediate danger. In a few hours, the Israeli Air Force launched a coordinated wave of attacks across Iran, targeting strategic military and nuclear sites.

Until now, the IAF has reached complete air superiority, allowing its jets to make deep strikes without significant resistance. According to Israeli Defense officials. Among the most critical, part of the Natanz Uranium enrichment site, long-range missile deposits near Hamedan, drone production and command centers in Shiraz, IRGC headquarters in Tehran and air defense systems of Sophisticated Russian manufacture, including S-300 and S-400 batteries.

Speaking from an unhappy base, the IAF driver described the mission both deeply operational and deeply personal.

A massive smoke plume rises from an oil refinery in the south of Tehran after information reporting an Israeli strike overnight targeted the site on June 15, 2025. (Atta Kenare / AFP)

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“Throughout this operation, we hit many missiles aimed at Israel and his civilians,” he said. “It fills us with a feeling of fulfillment and goal, knowing that we delete the capacities that Iranians must target civilians – our families, our houses.”

Inside the cockpit, he said, there is no room for hesitation.

“There are no big feelings in the cockpit. This is the mission. You have a lot of mind,” he said. “The way back is a little more free to think and speak with a pilot, but, overall, you are very, very focused on the mission and to make sure you don’t make mistakes – that you make exactly as planned.”

An FDD card shows a selected list of targets affected by Israel since the start of the war against Iran. (Fdd)

Although the immediate objective of the campaign is the defense of Israeli citizens, the pilot stressed that the issues are global.

“Israel is now fighting the fight of the Western world and Western civilization, taking out the head of the snake and dealing with an imminent threat to the whole world,” he said.

“Whether it is terrorist operations abroad, ballistic missiles or threats to ships in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, we are fighting for the whole world. But, first and foremost, we are fighting for our house.”

He underlined the repeated calls of Iran to the destruction of Israel as a clear justification of the operation.

“They had missiles pointed at us, their nuclear program was intended for us.” If it was not for the preventive strike that we took, they could have fulfilled this threat in a few years. “

An Israeli fighter plane taking off from Israel on the way to hit targets in Iran. (IDF)

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For both, the mission is not only strategic, but deeply patriotic.

“There is a clear link between what we do and the security of the state of Israel,” added the pilot. “We destroy precision missiles for our hospitals, our houses. The nuclear program was targeted. Personally, it is a very good feeling of participating. But it is also humiliating to be part of such a large operation – all this machine – the Israeli air force and the nation together.”