The Israeli air force will conduct joint drills next week with its US counterpart according to Hebrew media on Friday.
The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz said that the US sent a number of F-15 fighter jets to Israel to participate in the joint drills.
Haaretz reported that the drills include joint exercises by US and Israeli pilots on how to counter hostile aircraft.
The paper pointed out that the Israeli air force has recently participated in joint exercises with air forces from Greece in addition to taking part in the Red Flag maneuvers with air forces from the US and the United Arab Emirates in which pilots from Pakistan and Spain participated.
Joint air force exercises will be held in Israel in November 2017 in which pilots from several foreign countries including India US Poland and Italy will participate according to the paper.
Two years ago the Israeli air force signed a strategic cooperation agreement with its US counterpart to promote joint activities between the two armies.
