A plane of the Israeli Air Force.
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By JPOST.COM
The Israeli Air Force plans to take part in air exercises in the United States and Europe. Objective: To train its pilots for long flights, the Jerusalem Post has learned Sunday.
Earlier in the day on July 5, the U.S. Vice President Joe Biden gave an interview on the ABC in which he appeared to give Israel the green light for military action to eliminate the Iranian nuclear threat.
Asked whether Washington was blocking the road by military means to the Jewish state if it decides to stop the Iranian nuclear program, Biden said: "The U.S. can not dictate to a foreign nation what to do or not. "
"Israel can decide for himself - [since] it is a sovereign nation - What is in their interest and [choose one] how to act against Iran or any other state, "he said in the interview broadcast Sunday.
According to Vice President, if the Israeli government chooses a course of action different from the current, it is his right to sovereignty to do so. "That is not our decision," Biden stressed.
The government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, however, said he preferred to see the stop Iran's nuclear program through diplomatic means, but does not rule out military action.
The planes of the Air Force and Israel will participate this year in a joint air exercise with a member state of NATO yet unidentified.
In the month of July, the Air Force of the Jewish state will also send combat aircraft F-16C for an exercise that will take place at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.
same time, several transport planes of the Israeli Air Force - C-130 Hercules - will compete Rodeo 2009 at McChord Air Force Base in Washington State.
According to Israeli defense officials, these exercises abroad will drive the long-distance maneuvers.
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