Israel’s military forces are expected to end on Thursday a round of air drills believed to be the largest of their kind in years.
The military maneuvers kicked off on November 5 under the “Blue Flag” tag.
Hundreds of pilots and front-line fighters from the US Greece Poland Germany France Italy and India have taken hundreds of warplanes to Israel’s airspace in the two-week multinational drills. Observers from 40 nationalities have also been in attendance.
The entire drill is based at the Ovda Air Base north of Israel’s Red Sea town of Eilat. The forces are put through increasingly difficult war scenarios each day to test particular skill sets.
The Israeli army has claimed that the drills provide a sort of battle lab in which forces can hone a spectrum of skills needed to combat growing threats.
