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An Israeli Air Force refueling plane flies alongside Hellenic Air Force fighter jets during a drill over Greece, November 3, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 29, 2025, 6:49 pm
Greece, Israel and Cyprus to step up joint exercises in eastern Mediterranean
IDF says plan will bolster regional ‘stability, security and peace’; Greek official: Deal includes transfer of intel from Israel to address ‘asymmetrical’ and ‘symmetrical’ threats
By Reuters and Stav Levaton
Illustrative: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC-N) fast attack craft Shahid Raeisi (P313-8) during joint naval military drills between Iran, Russia, and China in the Gulf of Oman, March 15, 2023. (Iranian Army office / AFP)
March 9, 2025, 2:24 pm
Iran, Russia and China to hold joint naval exercises this week
Drills in northern Indian Ocean meant to boost cooperation between the three countries; South Africa, UAE, Qatar and Pakistan among countries to send observers
By AFP
File: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan (R) meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Riyadh, October 9, 2024. (Saudi Foreign Ministry/AFP)
October 22, 2024, 11:29 pm
Iran says it’s planning to hold 1st joint military drills with Saudis in Red Sea
Riyadh has not confirmed it will join the exercises with regional rival Tehran, with which it severed diplomatic ties for years until 2023
By AFP
Image from video provide by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on March 18, 2023, shows warships during a Russia, China and Iran joint naval exercise in the Arabian Sea. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)
March 12, 2024, 12:54 pm
Iran, Russia and China to hold joint naval drill in northern Indian Ocean
Marine Security Belt 2024 to focus on protection of maritime economic activity; Oman, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, and South Africa reportedly to participate as observers
By Agencies
A TV screen shows images of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, August 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
August 31, 2023, 11:44 am
North Korea says it simulated nuclear attacks on South Korea, rehearsed occupying it
As tensions escalate, Pyongyang claims practicing ‘scorched earth strikes’ on its neighbor amid anger over joint US-South Korean drills
By Hyung-Jin Kim
Illustrative: Warships sail in the Sea of Oman during the second day of joint Iran, Russia and China naval war games on December 28, 2019. (Iranian Army via AP, File)
March 15, 2023, 2:30 pm
China, Russia and Iran hold joint naval drills in Gulf of Oman, amid tension with US
Beijing says ‘Security Bond-2023’ exercises will boost cooperation between navies, ‘inject positive energy into regional peace and stability’
By AP
Hellenic Air Force F-16 jets are seen flying in formation over the Dead Sea in southern Israel, July 12, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 13, 2022, 10:34 am
Israeli and Greek air forces hold dogfighting and refueling drill over Israel
Military says exercise ‘symbolizes important milestone’ in Israel-Greece relations; last month Hellenic Armed Forces chief visited Israel in his first official trip
By Emanuel Fabian
In this photo provided Friday, January 21, 2022 by the Iranian Army, an Iranian army member fires a weapon during a joint naval drill of Iran, Russia and China in the Indian Ocean. (Iranian Army via AP)
January 21, 2022, 3:05 pm
Iran, Russia and China begin joint naval drill in Indian Ocean
Revolutionary Guard will also participate in exercise that will include night fighting, rescue operations and firefighting drills
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: This photo released on January 13, 2021, by the Iranian Army, shows an Iranian Navy warship during a navy military drill in the Gulf of Oman. (Iranian Army via AP)
January 20, 2022, 12:10 pm
China, Russia and Iran to launch joint naval drill on Friday
Wargame will take place in the northern Indian Ocean, the third such exercise by the three nations
By ToI Staff
Two Israeli and one American F-16 fighter jets fly alongside one another during a joint exercise in southern Israel in January 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 16, 2022, 4:22 pm
Israeli Air Force, US military hold joint aerial drill over Negev
‘Desert Falcon’ exercise is latest cooperation between IDF and America’s Middle East-focused Central Command
By Judah Ari Gross
A US Central Command helicopter carrier, the USS Portland, sails in the Arabian sea ahead of two-week special forces exercise with Israel this month, on September 13, 2021. (Sgt. Seth Rosenberg/CENTCOM)
November 2, 2021, 7:24 pm
IDF, CENTCOM launch joint ‘amphibious exercise’ in Eilat
Militaries to conduct various drills over next two weeks in one of the first joint activities with US Central Command
By Judah Ari Gross
Emirati air force chief Ibrahim Nasser Muhammed al-Alawi, left, shakes hands with Israeli Air Force chief Amikam Norkin after he lands in Israel to observe to observe the IAF's Blue Flag exercise on October 25, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 25, 2021, 5:02 pm
In landmark visit, UAE air chief in Israel to observe ‘Blue Flag’ exercise
Military’s largest, most advanced aerial exercise to date pits fourth- and fifth-generation aircraft against fictional ‘Dragonland,’ which looks not unlike Syria
By Judah Ari Gross
A Hellenic Air Force F-16 jet takes off behind an Israeli F-15 from the military airport of Andravida in southern Greece, as part of the Hellenic Air Force's 'INIOCHOS 2021' multinational aviation exercise on April 19, 2021. (ARIS MESSINIS / AFP)
April 21, 2021, 1:11 pm
Israeli, UAE fighter jets fly together in large international exercise in Greece
Air forces from eight countries take part in the drill, simulating airstrikes, dogfights and rescues over unfamiliar terrain
By Judah Ari Gross
An Israeli F-16 fighter jet en route to an exercise in Germany in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 16, 2020, 6:20 pm
Israel Air Force prepares to train with Luftwaffe over Germany for first time
Monday exercise will be air force’s only international drill in 2020; Israeli aircraft to fly over Munich to mark 1972 Olympics massacre, and over Dachau to commemorate Holocaust
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli and American F-35 fighter jets take part in a joint exercise over southern Israel on March 29, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 31, 2020, 1:03 am
IDF and US hold F-35 drill, delayed by virus, over southern Israel
‘Enduring Lightning’ aerial exercise simulated in-air combat and attacks from the ground; countries’ crews never met in person, just through video chat, amid infection concerns
By Judah Ari Gross
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