Israeli General Itai Baron, former commander in the Air Force and head of the Research Division of the Military Intelligence Service - AMAN, said, "Israel's extensive use of its air forces over seven decades is a matter of reflection, given the military and operational achievements of this weapon, and therefore it gave it Political and military leadership has a clear priority in operations and wars, more than the use of ground forces. He added, in an article on the Channel 12 website, translated by “Arabi 21”: “The Second Lebanon War of 2006 expressed this priority, but the disappointment with the manner in which the war took place and its repercussions led to a heated Israeli debate, which is still ongoing, about Israel’s general concept of war and the place of power.” And the military researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University pointed to the growing assumptions in the military circles, according to which “air power is not omnipotent, and any exaggeration in evaluating its use means obtaining repeated results of disappointment.” He explained that military experts seek to Work to coordinate expectations regarding two problematic scenarios: the first is a large-scale confrontation in the northern arena in the form of the “Third Lebanon War” or the “First Northern War”, in which there will be a large number of missiles and drones that will attack Israel, and the second is a confrontation with Iran, especially over its nuclear progress, which It will pose a challenge to the Israeli air force because of the great distance from Iran.
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He pointed out that the Israeli Air Force will play a major role in the upcoming war in the north, and will cause massive damage to the Lebanese and Syrian lands, but the "enemy" will be able to cause damage to Israeli cities, which will spread the feeling of failure among the Israeli public opinion, even more. What spread in the Second Lebanon War and the military operations in Gaza. The Israelis are aware of the warning bell presented by the recent Gaza war, and a “wake-up call”, which requires deep thinking about the nature of the next war, because it will present different perceptions of that war, between Israel and its enemies, especially with regard to the price that will be paid by During it, if the army is required to inflict a crushing defeat on the enemy, which may happen in the next war on the northern front, or with Iran. He stressed that the implementation of any Israeli air operation is accompanied by tangible risks of escalation, which makes Israel face an extreme scenario, which is that the Iranian nuclear facilities are very far from it, and attacking them requires a long flight, passing through the airspace of several countries, and the necessity of hitting a large number of targets with the highest level of protection.