Israeli air force chief lands in Germany for aerial exercise

Israeli Air Force chief Amikam Norkin lands in Germany as part of a two-week aerial exercise in the country.

This will be the first time the IAF takes part in an exercise in Germany.

Norkin, who piloted one of the Gulstream planes taking part in the exercise, was escorted into Germany by the commander of the Luftwaffe Ingo Gerhartz.

“On behalf of the German Air Force, it is an honor for me to welcome the Israeli Air Force into German airspace for the first time in history,” Gerhartz says over the radio to Norkin.

Norkin responds that the exercise — the IAF’s only exercise outside Israel this year — is a “testament to [their] strong ties and mutual commitment” to one another.

Judah Ari Gross

 

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