New security measures have been put into place at several air force bases after soldiers disguised as civilians managed to gaining entry to a top-secret base in the South, enter operations rooms and steal a laptop computer with classified information, according to a report in Friday's Jerusalem Post. The newspaper says the soldiers confiscated identity cards from two squadron commanders as part of a routine inspection of the IAF base by the IDF's Information Security Unit, a branch of Military Intelligence.
An officer familiar with the results of the inspection. "We need to view what happened as if spies succeeded in entering the base." Last month, the air force decided to increase security at the Nevatim Base in the Negev after a series of infiltrations by Arabs.