Press TV
Friday, June 20, 2008
Israel declines to elaborate on its early June military exercise, which is believed to have been launched in preparation for war with Iran.
A New York Times report published Friday quoted Pentagon officials as saying that over 100 Israeli F-16s and F-15s staged a maneuver over the eastern Mediterranean and Greece in the first week of June.
According to the report, the Israeli jets flew more than 900 miles, roughly the distance from Israeli airfields to an Iranian nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz. The exercise also consisted of refueling tankers and helicopter operations for rescuing downed pilots.
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