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TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES (Transactions with TAT Industries) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2013 Buildings [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2010 Buildings [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Manufacturing, Office and Storage Space [Member] sqft
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management fees	$ 29	$ 50	$ 50
Lease expenses	$ 424	$ 416	$ 408		$ 400
Area of property leased				344,000		90,000
Length of lease contract				24 years 11 months
Annual incremental increase in lease payment				2.00%	2.00%

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Area of a real estate property leased.

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Amount of rent expense incurred for leased assets, including but not limited to, furniture and equipment, that is not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line.

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Term of the lessee's leasing arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Revenue, comprised of base and incentive revenue derived from the management of joint ventures, managing third-party properties, or another entity's operations.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1(d))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

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