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| Numbers | Jun 27 2005, 09:21 AM Post #1 |
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modern air forces of neighbors... http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/0...8979166667.html TEL AVIV — The Israel Air Force has determined emerging threats from neighboring Arab states that have been building combat air fleets based on U.S. aircraft. IAF sources said the service regards Egypt as a leading threat with its fleet of F-16 multi-role fighters as well as plans to purchase up to 100 advanced Block 52 aircraft by the end of the decade. The sources also cited Jordan, which plans to upgrade its F-16 fleet to enable the deployment of advanced air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles. "As the weapons in the Middle East become more advanced in the area of aviation, it marks a challenge for us to be able to cope with them," Brig. Gen. Ido Nehushtan, air force chief of staff, said. "We are surrounded by very modern air forces that continue to strengthen. We face challenges of an entirely different kind and therefore we require an air force that could deter and defeat." In early June, Israel Air Force commander Maj. Gen. Eliezer Shkedy met senior U.S. defense and military officials and urged them to halt the export of advanced weapons to Arab enemies of Israel. Shkedy was said to have expressed concern over the sale of the F-16 to the United Arab Emirates and plans to sell the Block 50 to Egypt. "We are worried about the damage caused to Israel's qualitative military edge as a result of the newest arms sales to the Arabs," Shkedy said. "Advanced weapons systems allow a mediocre pilot with a mediocre platform to become a very effective threat." The air force commander also warned of the deployment of F-15s in northwestern Saudi Arabia. He said the basing of advanced F-15s only minutes from the Israeli border represents a threat to the Jewish state. The air force sources said the IAF has been uneasy over the drive by Egypt and Jordan to modernize their air forces with U.S. platforms. They said the air force has been seeking to take basic U.S. aircraft platforms, such as the F-16 and the Apache AH-64, and enhance them with Israel-origin subsystems. In 2004, Israel began receiving the first of 102 F-16I Block 50 aircraft. The F-16I contains Israeli-origin electronic warfare, communications, avionics and missiles not available to Arab allies of the United States. The air force also plans to receive the AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopters as well as the Gulfstream G-5 EW aircraft. Both platforms also contain Israeli subsystems. "We can now say that in every type of platform we have the best and most modern capabilities," Nehushtan said in an interview with April 2005 edition of the Israel Air Force Journal. Nehushtan said the air force was focusing on manpower and platform quality. He cited a priority for improved intelligence, command and control, deep-strike and urban warfare capabilities and self-protection. "The building of a force is composed of several elements," Nehushtan said. "If the air force is the body, the platforms are the spine around which the entire service is built. The intelligence capability is the eyes and ears of the service and is no less important. The munitions is the muscles of the service and in this field there are impressive and unique achievements." The sources said the most important part of the air force development that surpasses that of neighboring countries is the developing of C4I capability. They said this allows every asset in the air force — from unmanned aerial vehicle to combat aircraft — to communicate with each other as well as a C2 center. "The last element and the most impressive and interesting development in the force build-up is the Central Nerve System, the capability to link all of the elements of the air force in one network which knows how to relay information and enhance the process of decision-making and the execution of operational capability," Nehushtan said. |
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| saver111 | Jun 27 2005, 11:28 AM Post #2 |
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He he he! That's Uncle Sam to you. 
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