Guy Plopsky
Following the 12-day war in late June 2025, the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) immediately began a project to understand how the region has changed and what the military action could mean for future combat. The project and its contributors believed that war would resume and that the pause in combat in June 2025 could be a prelude to a major, wider, and longer-lasting conflict. That day has now come. This chapter is the first of two parts that examine the Israeli Air Force’s operations in June 2025 and the immediate lessons learned. The second part is forthcoming. As expected, FPRI will also begin its own assessment of Operation Epic Fury and the implications for US and allied air power operations.
Operation Rising Lion, initiated in response to the potentially existential threat posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs, constitutes the most complex and ambitious air offensive ever undertaken by the state of Israel. Executed to great effect by the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF’s) Air and Space Arm (popularly known as simply the Israeli Air Force or IAF), Aman (the IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate), and Mossad (the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations), the meticulously planned offensive highlighted Israel’s continued qualitative edge in manpower and technology over its enemies.
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