Military says dozens of fighter jets conduct 'long-range flight, aerial refueling and striking distant targets' maneuvers over Mediterranean.

By EMANUEL FABIAN
1 June 2022, 10:41 am
Israeli Air Force simulates widescale strike on Iran nuclear facilities.
Dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets conducted air maneuvers over the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday night, simulating striking Iranian nuclear facilities.

According to a statement by the Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday, the drill included “long-range flight, aerial refueling and striking distant targets.”

According to Channel 13 news, more than 100 aircraft — as well as navy submarines — participated in the drill that spanned some 10,000 kilometers.

The jets were refueled twice during the simulation, as they circled Cyprus and conducted mock airstrikes in Israel, the report said. Meanwhile, the elite helicopter search-and-rescue Unit 669 was on standby to assist pilots who may have needed to abandon their planes.

Earlier this month, The Times of Israel learned that the drill — as part of the military’s major Chariots of Fire exercise — would simulate a wide scale strike in Iran, including against its nuclear facilities.

Chariots of Fire, which involves nearly all branches of the IDF, has been focusing on training for fighting on Israel’s northern borders, including against the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon.

In light of growing uncertainty regarding a return by Iran to the 2015 nuclear deal amid long-stalled negotiations with world powers, the past year has seen the Israel Defense Forces ramp up its efforts to prepare a credible military threat against Tehran’s nuclear facilities.

At the beginning of last year, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi announced that he had instructed the military to begin drawing up fresh attack plans against Iran. By September, Kohavi said the army had “greatly accelerated” preparations for action against Tehran’s nuclear program.

Still, defense officials estimate that while some aspects of the IAF’s strike plans, which are still in their early stages, could be ready within a short period of time, others would take more than a year to become fully actionable.


File: Iran’s nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, Iran (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)
In addition to having to find ways to strike Iranian facilities that are buried deep underground, requiring specialized munitions and tactics, the IAF will have to deal with increasingly sophisticated Iranian air defenses in order to conduct such a strike. The air force will also have to prepare for an expected retaliation against Israel by Iran and its allies throughout the region.

The drill has also focused on preparing for and responding to such retaliation.

According to Channel 13 news, the US Air Force was supposed to serve as a complementary force with refueling planes during the drill. The IDF did not confirm the report, and the US Central Command denied it, saying “there is no direct US military involvement in that exercise.” A Pentagon spokesperson also denied the Department of Defense was “directly participating” in the drills, according to The War Zone online magazine.

On Tuesday, Defense Minister Benny Gantz visited another part of the Chariots of Fire drill taking place in Cyprus, which aims to simulate fighting against Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Israeli Air Force simulates widescale strike on Iran nuclear facilities
Troops during a major exercise in Cyprus, May 31, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
“The IDF is constantly preparing for operations and various campaigns, in various theaters, and will inflict a severe blow on anyone who seeks to threaten the citizens of the State of Israel,” Gantz said.

Among other things, the drills in Cyprus were simulating evacuating wounded troops by helicopter and dropping logistics equipment with heavy transport squadrons, according to the IDF.

The IDF said the exercises would be carried out in various terrains, including urban and rural areas in mountainous terrain that resemble Lebanon.

The Chariots of Fire drill — scheduled to last through June 3 — is the military’s largest exercise in decades.

Military officials said it is aimed at raising the competence and readiness of troops and top brass for war on multiple fronts, as well as coordination with other emergency organizations, local authorities, and government ministries.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-air-force-simulates-widescale-strike-on-iran-nuclear-facilities/amp/

Both country are religious country yet they have been going into senseless fight andnwar for quite some time

Religion na scam aswear

Me waiting for righteousness to start preaching end time

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Iran has enough enriched uranium to make a bomb according to the IEA

If you want to stop them it’s probably now

But I don’t see Iran using nuclear weapons because it will be their end

Yankee101:
Iran has enough enriched uranium to make a bomb according to the IEA

If you want to stop them it’s probably now

But I don’t see Iran using nuclear weapons because it will be their end

Sorry oo international war analyst
Hope say u don chop b4 u begin Dey analyze

Yankee101:
Iran has enough enriched uranium to make a bomb according to the IEA

If you want to stop them it’s probably now

But I don’t see Iran using nuclear weapons because it will be their end

When Donald Trump was insistent on this, Barrack Obama was always defending them because he was their minister of information. See the disaster that has caused

It will end in tears

They can only stimulate...they can't do jack

Yankee101:
Iran has enough enriched uranium to make a bomb according to the IEA

If you want to stop them it’s probably now

But I don’t see Iran using nuclear weapons because it will be their end

Israel cant do shit to Iran...if dem born Israel well make dem bomb Iran

helinues:
Both country are religious country yet they have been going into senseless fight andnwar for quite some time

Religion na scam aswear

who told u isreali are religious?


Well maybe few

Well, Israeli have nukes then Iran will soon get one if anyone attack Iran.
If Iran get hold of nukes, if Russia or North Korea haven’t supplied them already then no war between Iran and Israel just like India and Pakistan have not fight war between them again since both now have nukes.

Iran already have everything from home-made built on Russia and USSR technology.
They have some of the best armed drones in the world and long range missiles.

Balogunodua:

Israel cant do shit to Iran...if dem born Israel well make dem bomb Iran

I can remember how only Israel dealt with plenty terrorist arabic nations.
This one won't be an issue

Akuruoulo:
I can remember how only Israel dealt with plenty terrorist arabic nations. This one won't be an issue

Iran is not an Arabic country... Israel can't do shit...

Balogunodua:
It will end in tears


They can only stimulate...they can't do jack

In another word..... They are actually telling Iran to be prepared for a strike. If you want to strike do it by surprise not all this propaganda

Alamkir:


In another word..... They are actually telling Iran to be prepared for a strike. If you want to strike do it by surprise not all this propaganda

Israel won't strike Iran...they can't and they won't ....it just too risky and dangerous for them.

Akuruoulo:

I can remember how only Israel dealt with plenty terrorist arabic nations.
This one won't be an issue

Correct

Balogunodua:

Iran is not an Arabic country... Israel can't do shit...

That's what fellows like u were saying before Israel decided to deal with them .

Akuruoulo:

I can remember how only Israel dealt with plenty terrorist arabic nations.
This one won't be an issue

When did Iran turned Arabs
Iranians are Persians.
Reason, they are one of the best scientists in the world

seunny4lif:

When did Iran turned Arabs
Iranians are Persians.
Reason, they are one of the best scientists in the world

But did I call iran an arabic nation?

Akuruoulo:

That's what fellows like u were saying before Israel decided to deal with them .

Let Israel try it first...if they are that brave.

Balogunodua:

Let Israel try it first...if they are that brave.

I understand your sarcasm

RichProminent:
I understand your sarcasm

There is no sarcasm in my word...it just straight the way it is.

Akuruoulo:
But did I call iran an arabic nation?

Accept your ignorance.. You thought iran is arab and part of the countries Israel fought.. Know before you comment and stop trying to sound woke when you aren't...

As a pro-Israeli, I support that!