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Watch the First Privately Owned F-16 Take Flight Kyle Mizokami The first of many F-16s that a private training company purchased is now flying over Arizona. Top Aces bought 29 fighters from Israeli Air Force stocks. The private company will use the planes as stand-ins for adversary fighters training Air Force pilots. A private military contractor recently bought more than two dozen F-16A Fighting Falcon fighter jets. Now, one of those fighters is flying, marking the the first time a privately owned F-16 has ever hit the skies. The company that acquired the planes, Top Aces, h...

In response, it said it struck the missile launcher and other targets in neighbouring Syria. The incident, marking the most serious violence between Israel and Syria in years, pointed to likely Iranian involvement. Iran, which maintains troops and proxies in Syria, has accused Israel of a series of attacks on its nuclear facilities, including a recent fire at its Natanz nuclear facility, and vowed revenge. The Israeli army said the missile landed in the Negev region and the air raid sirens were sounded in a village near Dimona, where Israel's nuclear reactor is located. There was no word...

While Israel is not a part of the talks, it is a main player in the drama that could quickly escalate. Israel, along with its Arab allies including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia want the U.S. to increase the pressure on Iran by strengthening the JCPOA to include terrorism, missile development and what they call "Iran's expansionism" throughout the Middle East. Iran and Israel have been engaged in a shadow war that has intensified in the last month.  An explosion disrupted one of Iran's nuclear power centers in Natanz; one of Iran's spy ships was hit with an explosive dev...

Time is running out Yassamine Mather weighs up the state of play regarding attempts to revive the nuclear deal As predicted, preparations for negotiations that could lead to a revival of the Iran nuclear deal have been moving at a slow pace, with both the Biden administration and Iran’s Islamic Republic making threats and accusations - all part of the familiar pre-negotiation dance. Having said that, however, in the last week or so we have witnessed new military threats against Iran and this could herald one of two alternatives: either the preparations are reaching a crucial stage or the ne...

The Israelis take American equipment and make it their own. Here's What You Need To Remember: The IDF has a unique mission. American equipment isn't totally suited for the desert, but with a few modifications it has secured Israel victory after victory. The Israel Defense Forces field a wide variety of American military equipment, due to significant amounts of American military aid to Israel. However, American equipment has not always been the best suited to the tough desert and urban conditions encountered by the IDF. As a result, American equipment in Israeli service is often extensively m...