Polish F-16 in Israel

According to Israeli press, in mid-March will be the first Polish-Israeli air exercise, carried out over the Negev Desert. Our F-16 will be stationed at Ovda.


The information reported daily Israel Hayom , citing government sources. Added that the exercises will simulate air combat, the implementation of the attacks on surface targets, will be used also for training in navigation. It was not announced any additional details regarding the duration or the number of used aircraft.

Israelis in recent months carried out a similar exercise with the participation of Italian and Greek (first time) multi-purpose fighter aircraft, such as leaving themselves Romania and Greece.

Due to good weather conditions, a relatively extensive experience fighting the Israeli air force, up over the Negev desert are impossible to carry out exercises over densely inhabited areas of Europe, Ovda's interests in the air forces of many countries. The more that every day 115th stationed there aviation squadron (also known as the Flying Dragons ), equipped with F-16 fighters and Apache attack helicopters, which play the role of aggressors.

Ovda base previously visited the Polish officers. According to Israel Hayom , in 2006 there was the then commander of the Polish Air Force, Lt. Gen. Stanislaw Targosz, who visited most of the country's military airfields. More interestingly, there are pictures of acting as aggressors MiG-29, on loan from the Polish by examining squares painted a darker color, in places where chessboards.