Until summer 2010 the team flew the IAI Tzukit, a variant of the French Fouga Magister manufactured under license by Israel Aerospace Industries.
The team typically flies demonstrations at the graduation ceremony of the IAF flight academy and on Israel's independence day.
Based at Hatzerim Airbase, the team is staffed by IAF Flight Academy personnel and its pilots are active instructors.
[2] The Fouga Magister also saw limited combat against Egyptian and Jordanian forces during the 1967 Six-Day War.
These aerobatic aircraft were always fully armed, according to a senior Air Force officer who spoke to the Jerusalem Post.