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Jane's Defence Weekly - August 1, 2001
IAF Seeks Permanent Training Base In USA
The Israeli Ministry of Defence has submitted a request to the US Department
of Defense (DoD) to allow the Israel Air Force (IAF) to deploy combat
aircraft in the USA for regular flight training.
The IAF has outlined plans to send the aircraft to a US Air Force (USAF)
base by 2002 as part of a programme to improve IAF training levels and raise
combat readiness. IAF officers say the size of Israel does not allow for
realistic combat exercises and limits their ability to train for long-range
air strikes.
Commander in Chief of the IAF Maj Gen Dan Halutz said the aircraft would be
based permanently in the USA and that IAF pilots would be continually
rotated for training missions. Gen Halutz said that the proposed IAF
deployment and training programme would include combat manoeuvres with the
USAF.
The IAF commander noted that co-operation between the two air forces has
increased over the last year. In March-April this year, six IAF F-16
multirole fighters participated in the USAF's annual 'Red Flag' air combat
exercise run by the Air Warfare Center and the 44th Combat Training Squadron
at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Israel had not participated in the
exercise since 1998.
The final decision on the deployment, however, rests with the DoD. A
spokesman from the USAF's Office of International Affairs said: "The Israeli
Ministry of Defense has requested that the DoD consider the feasibility and
potential cost of allowing the IAF to station a detachment of fighter
aircraft at a USAF base in the United States. Israel's objective is to
provide training opportunities that are not available in Israel and increase
opportunities for joint training with the USAF. This request is currently
under review by the Office of the Secretary of Defense. If the review is
favourable, the US Air Force will then begin the staffing process to see if
there is a suitable location for the IAF detachment. No final decision to
station IAF aircraft in the US has been made by either the DoD or the
Israeli MoD."
The IAF has, in the interim, invested more than $50 million in upgrading
combat readiness of its aircraft, the result of which, say senior IAF
officers, is that the air force is on a higher level of combat readiness
than at any time during the last decade.
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