ISRAELI AIR FORCE
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n the past, the German Air Force has already had the opportunity to train with the Israeli Air Force in the Negev desert during the exercises "Blue Flag 2017" and "Blue Flag 2019". At the invitation of the inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz, the "return visit" of the Israelis took place in August 2020. August 17, 2020 is a day on which German-Israeli history was written at Nรถrvenich Air Base. In the early
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afternoon, six F-16 fighter planes of the Israeli Air Force landed there for the first time on the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany. The fighters were accompanied by a Gulfstream G550 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) with Major General Amikam Norkim, Commander of the Israeli Air Force, on board. On entering German airspace, the Israelis were met by two EF2000 Eurofighters of the Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 31 "Boelcke" from Nรถrvenich. Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz, piloting one of
