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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Eager Lion

Illustrative. US Air Force B-1B Lancers assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Feb. 6, 2017 (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 7, 2017, 5:33 pm
Jordan, US launch major military exercises
Annual training event ‘largest and most complex to date,’ including ‘two US Air Force B-1B bomber aircraft’
By AFP
US Major General Ralph H. Groover (R) and Jordanian Brigadier General Fahed Al-Damen shake hands following a press conference about the 2016 "Eager Lion" joint military exercise in Amman, on May 15, 2016. (AFP Photo/Khalil Mazraawi)
May 15, 2016, 5:36 pm
Only US to join annual Jordan war games
As 17 other nations opt out of ‘Eager Lion’ drills, Jordanian general downplays their absence
By AFP
An illustrative photo of US Marines monitoring 'Eager Lion' multinational military exercises in Quweira, Jordan, on June 18, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
June 23, 2013, 8:46 am
Jordan’s PM: 900 US troops boost defense in country
Assad’s fall would leave a ‘vacuum, whereby attacks and conflicts would persist,’ says Abdullah Ensour
By Jamal Halaby
An Iraqi counterterrorism soldier in a multinational military exercise in Zarqa, Jordan, Monday, June 17, 2013. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
June 19, 2013, 6:44 am
US war games in Jordan send warning message to Assad
‘It is clear that the ground is being set for military intervention in Syria,’ says retired Jordanian colonel about biggest-ever regional joint drill
By Jamal Halaby
Syrian rebel fighters in gas masks against a chemical weapons attack, 2013. (screen capture: Youtube/MrMrAsi)
From the WebJune 16, 2013, 3:58 pm
Israel and US said to be coordinating how to foil Assad
Time: Jerusalem is working with Washington behind the scenes to keep the Syrian threat from crossing the border
Counterterrorist military forces participate in exercises in Amman, Jordan, on May 27, 2012. (AP/Mohammad Hannon)
June 9, 2013, 9:09 pm
Multinational military exercises launched in Jordan
Army personnel from Arab and European countries to strengthen defense ability in face of possible flare-up in war-torn Syria
Counterterrorist military forces participate in exercises in Amman, Jordan, on May 27, 2012. (AP/Mohammad Hannon)
June 5, 2013, 10:11 pm
Jordan confirms deployment of US Patriot missiles, F-16 jets
Equipment sent as part of joint military exercise, but some to remain in the country for fear of Syrian war spilling over border
By Jamal Halaby
US Army officers stand at a Patriot anti-missile battery site during a joint Israeli-US air defense exercise in Tel Aviv, in 2009. (photo credit: Ziv Koren/Flash90)
June 4, 2013, 10:55 am
US to deploy Patriot missile battery in Jordan
Move designed to ‘enhance the defensive posture and capacity’ of the Hashemite Kingdom, defense official says
By Gavriel Fiske and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of two F-16 Royal Jordanian Air Force jets (photo credit: CC BY-SA 3.0, by Caycee Cook, US Air Force, Wikimedia Commons)
May 26, 2013, 12:14 pm
No role for Israel in Jordan’s 18-nation military drill
15,000 soldiers from Arab and ‘friendly’ countries such as the US and UK to take part in two-week exercise
By Ron Friedman
Illustrative photo of two F-16 Royal Jordanian Air Force jets (photo credit: CC BY-SA 3.0, by Caycee Cook, US Air Force, Wikimedia Commons)
May 26, 2013, 2:08 am
Jordan to host 18-nation drill
15,000 soldiers from Arab and ‘friendly’ countries to take part in two-week military exercise
By Ron Friedman
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas swears in his new cabinet (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
May 17, 2012, 9:46 am
Lawlessness in Homs and a new government in Ramallah
Arab press highlights deteriorating relations between Gulf states and Iran over destiny of Bahrain
By Elhanan Miller
Jordan's King Abdullah II (photo credit: CC BY-SA World Economic Forum, Flickr)
April 22, 2012, 7:58 pm
US, Jordan planning large-scale military drill in May
Exercise to be Jordan’s largest; will include 17 other countries and 8,000 participants from five continents
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