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http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/why-ar ... 1723907568
has this, amongst other rather interesting tidbits...
Also from last month:Foxtrot Alpha’s contacts in Europe have noticed some interesting movements heading west out of the Middle East.
Apparently, five Israeli Air Force F-15C/Ds and five F-15Is,
along with five Jordanian Air Fore F-16s,
have been dragged across the Mediterranean to Lajes Field by Israeli Air Force KC-707 Tankers.
The jets are on their way to participate in Red Flag 15-4 at Nellis AFB.
“Departing Israel on the morning of August 9th was a flight of Israeli Air Force KC-707 tankers accompanied by 5 Ra’am F-15 Eagles. It marked the beginning of a long flight to Nellis AFB, Nevada, where the Israeli AF will be part of Red Flag 15-4.
This was nothing out of the ordinary except that the next day the Israeli AF supported two flights of fast jets on the same track to Lajes.
The first flight consisted of Israeli F-15s
and the second flight was made of IAF 707s and Royal Jordanian Air Force F-16 Vipers,
also on their way to Red Flag.
It was all ‘cats’ again, with the five ‘Lion’ flight of Eagles flying half an hour before the ‘Tiger’ flight of five RJAF F-16s.’’
Israel and Jordan’s participation in Red Flag has not yet been formerly announced, but we will keep you posted as to how the exercise progresses in the coming weeks.
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/israel ... 1720159544
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340 ... 53,00.html
http://www.janes.com/article/53194/isra ... amic-state
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... rs-414986/
Israel has given its surplus Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters to Jordan to bolster its neighbour's defence against the Islamic State.
Approximately 16 AH-1E/F Cobras that were retired from the Israeli Air Force in 2013 were refurbished and handed over to Jordan in 2014 in a deal that was approved by the United States.
The Royal Jordanian Air Force already fields 12 AH-1F helicopters, which are operated by 10 and 12 Squadron out of Zarqa, northeast of the capital, Amman. The ex-Israeli Cobras will join those already in service protecting Jordan's borders with Syria and Iraq against possible incursions by Islamic State fighters.
According to the report, which quoted an anonymous official with knowledge of the deal, some of the 16 helicopters will be used for spares.
The Cobra helicopters and AT-802 turboprops join Jordan's two Airbus AC-235 gunships (plus one AC-295 that is due to be converted shortly), and eight Cessna C208B Grand Caravan turboprop command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) platforms (and which may have been armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles), in constituting one of the most potent border protection capabilities in the entire Middle East.
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