COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Guarantees) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
TAT Technologies Ltd [Member]
Guarantees:
Bank guarantee to secure liability to Israeli customs	$ 157
Limco Piedmont Inc [Member]
Guarantees:
Guarantee provided by Piedmont in respect of FAVS debt	4,600
Bental Industries Ltd. [Member]
Guarantees:
Maximum credit risk for bank guarantees to third parties, in the ordinary course of business, mainly in order to secure certain advances from customers	$ 97

Maximum amount of loss due to credit risk that, based on the gross fair value of the financial instrument, the entity would incur if parties to the financial instruments that make up the concentration failed completely to perform according to the terms of the contracts and the collateral or other security, if any, for the amount due proved to be of no value to the entity.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 825

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 21

-Subparagraph (b)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7491637&loc=d3e13537-108611

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 107

-Paragraph 15A

-Subparagraph b

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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