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Juniper Cobra

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
F-35 fighter jets from Israel, the United States, and the United Kingdom take part in an aerial exercise over the Mediterranean Sea, on June 25, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 25, 2020, 7:05 pm
IDF, US postpone air exercise planned for this week
Israeli military says US Army asked for delay of several days to ‘sort out coordination issues’
By Judah Ari Gross
Fighter jets from the IAF's second F-35 squadron, the Lions of the South, fly over southern Israel, January 2020. (IDF spokesperson)
March 24, 2020, 10:53 am
IDF, US to hold air exercise with F-35 jets and no physical contact
Despite general ban on international exercises in light of coronavirus crisis, drill gets go-ahead because participants never meet
By Judah Ari Gross
American, Israeli troops deploy a Patriot missile defense battery during the 2018 Juniper Cobra air defense exercise in March 2018. (US Army)
March 5, 2020, 12:44 am
IDF halts major air defense drill with US as coronavirus restrictions intensify
Military calls off ‘Juniper Cobra’ — one of its largest exercises of the year — as some of the American troops came from Germany, which was recently added to travel advisory list
By Judah Ari Gross
American and Israeli soldiers take part in the biennial Juniper Cobra air defense exercise in Israel in March 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 3, 2020, 4:08 pm
IDF, US military launch Juniper Cobra air defense drill, despite virus fears
After one joint exercise with US was called off over concerns of coronavirus infection, 10-day ballistic missile defense drill — one of Israel’s largest — kicks off
By Judah Ari Gross
American, Israeli troops deploy a Patriot missile defense battery during the 2018 Juniper Cobra air defense exercise in March 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 22, 2018, 6:39 pm
Israel, US end biennial Juniper Cobra exercise with live-fire air defense test
Iron Dome, Patriot interceptors launched as final act of weeks-long, large-scale drill in which militaries simulated ballistic missile attack on Israel
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli paratroopers and US soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment take part in training during the joint Israeli-US military Juniper Cobra exercise at the Tzeelim urban warfare training center in southern Israel on March 12, 2018. (Jack Guez/AFP)
March 13, 2018, 10:39 pm
IDF paratroopers teach US marines ‘lost art’ of tunnel combat
On sidelines of huge Juniper Cobra air defense exercise, American and Israeli ground troops trade know-how and practice beach landings, urban combat, desert warfare
By Judah Ari Gross
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, left, shakes hands with the commander of the US European Command Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti at the IDF's Tel Aviv headquarters during the joint US-Israeli Juniper Cobra missile defense exercise on March 11, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 11, 2018, 8:02 pm
Top US general in Europe pledges support for IDF during joint air-defense drill
Head of US EUCOM meets with IDF brass at biennial Juniper Cobra exercise, in which American, Israeli troops prepare for massive missile attack
By Judah Ari Gross
American, Israeli troops take part in a the 2018 Juniper Cobra air defense exercise in March 2018. (US Army)
March 8, 2018, 5:00 pm
US, IDF troops train to protect Israel from ballistic missiles together
US general says Juniper Cobra exercise, which simulates a large-scale missile attack, could look similar to actual deployment of American troops to Israel in time of war
By Judah Ari Gross
Then-US secretary of defense Chuck Hagel speaks to Israeli and US soldiers during a joint exercise called Juniper Cobra 14, May 2014. (Matty Stern/US Embassy/Flash90)
February 22, 2018, 7:30 pm
IDF, US troops get ready for drill to simulate massive missile attack on Israel
Thousands of Israeli, American soldiers to take part in biennial ‘Juniper Cobra’ drill, amid escalating Israel-Iran tensions
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: A convoy of IDF tanks park at a deployment area near the border with the Gaza Strip on August 2, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 4, 2018, 8:38 pm
Hamas said to warn Gazans of ‘imminent Israel incursion’
Palestinian terror group reportedly thinks IDF plans to use joint exercise with US as cover to launch assault on coastal enclave, but Israelis dismiss report as just talk
By Stuart Winer
Lt.-Gen. Timothy Ray addresses reporters during a press conference as part of the Juniper Cobra exercise at the Hatzor Air Base in central Israel on February 25, 2016. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
January 31, 2018, 9:13 pm
US troops arrive for drill simulating massive missile attack on Israel
Biennial Juniper Cobra exercise, involving thousands of soldiers, to take place amid escalating Israel-Hezbollah tensions
By ToI Staff and AP
Then-US secretary of defense Chuck Hagel speaks to Israeli and US soldiers during a joint exercise called Juniper Cobra 14, May 2014. (Matty Stern/US Embassy/Flash90)
April 8, 2016, 11:24 am
US denies it’s building secret missile defense base in Israel
American military acknowledges it has ‘limited infrastructure’ on IDF bases, rejects claims covert camp being constructed
By Judah Ari Gross
An illustrative photo of a firefighter extinguishing a fire in a field near the Gaza Strip that was sparked by a flaming object flown from the Palestinian enclave, on June 5, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 7, 2016, 1:04 pm
Army tests Patriot missile system as Israel-US drill ends
Civilian planes warned to keep away from the Palmahim air base, where air force fires anti-aircraft missile
By Judah Ari Gross
A Patriot anti-missile system in Israel (Shay Levy/Flash90)
February 25, 2016, 10:21 pm
Drilling with US troops, IDF officer warns rockets on Israel unavoidable
At major excercise for 3,200 US and Israeli forces, general says anti-missile system will keep state functioning in wartime, but is not impenetrable
By Judah Ari Gross
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