US wraps up temporary deployment of six F-15 fighter jets to Israeli airbase

The United States Air Force wraps up a five-day-long deployment of six fighter jets to an Israeli Air Force base in southern Israel.

According to the IAF, during the deployment at the Nevatim Airbase, the six F-15s held joint drills with Israel’s fleet of F-35 stealth fighters and a squadron of intelligence-gathering Gulfstream G550 planes.

The deployment by the US Air Forces Central Command (AFCENT) is part of a doctrine called “agile combat employment,” under which aircraft are dispersed at forward operating positions in allied countries around the globe, rather than at the US’s traditional main overseas bases.

The Israeli military says the deployment is a “significant milestone in establishing joint operational activities in the region and in deepening the cooperation between the Israeli and American air forces.”