Israel Explains Interest in Blue Flag Aviation Exercises: “Russians Are Here”
This year, "Blue Flag" promises a much more expanded composition, as promised by the head of the Israeli Air Forces International Contact Service, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hecht. According to him, no less than 2017 airplanes from nearly a dozen countries of the world will be involved in international exercises in 100, including the USA, Greece, Italy, Poland, India, Germany and France.
The Israeli Air Force Lt. Col. reports that many pilots of the world "will be able to learn from Israeli pilots." According to him, "despite the tiny airspace of Israel, the teachings are causing incredible interest this year." Richard Hecht described the presence of Russians in the region as the reason for the emergence of such interest on the part of representatives of the Air Force of a number of states. About this reports portal DefenseNews. From the statement of the representative of the Israeli Air Force:
Does this mean that the Israeli military command is using the military presence of the Russian Aerospace Force in Syria as an opportunity to advertise international exercises in Israel and as a kind of irritant that should be perceived as a threat and sharpened "next to it" (or "on it"? .. ) your skills, for example, NATO pilots?
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