WASHINGTON — US Central Command introduced on Friday that F-16 fighter jets have arrived within the Center East from Germany forward of an impending Israeli strike on Iran.
“US Air Drive F-16s from the 480th Fighter Squadron primarily based at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany arrive within the US Central Command space of duty,” CENTCOM wrote on X Friday.
CENTCOM didn’t specify the precise Center East base or bases the F-16s had reached. The closest base to Israel is the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan’s Azraq that has served as a essential hub for US air pressure operations within the area.
Earlier this month, a squadron of US F-15s arrived at an undisclosed base, becoming a member of F-16s, superior stealth F-22 Raptors and quite a lot of US Navy ships already within the area.
The reinforcements have arrived as Israel prepares for its promised retaliatory assault in response to Iran’s Oct. 1 ballistic missile assault on Israel, which got here after the Israeli army’s killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Abbas Nilforoushan.
Israel’s plans have been thrown off steadiness over the previous week by a Hezbollah drone strike on Netanyahu’s non-public residence in Caesarea on Oct. 19 in addition to a Pentagon leak that exposed alleged Israeli army preparations to assault Iran. America hopes, that regardless of the turbulence, Israel will maintain its phrase on an off-the-cuff settlement between the 2 nations through which Washington promised to reward Israel for not placing Iranian nuclear and oil services.
TOW missiles for Saudi Arabia
In the meantime, the Pentagon stated on Thursday that the US State Division has permitted a possible $440 million sale of TOW missiles to Saudi Arabia.
“The proposed sale will enhance the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s functionality to fulfill present and future threats by enhancing the energy of its homeland protection,” the Pentagon’s assertion learn.
The Pentagon added that the sale “will assist the overseas coverage targets and nationwide safety targets of the US by enhancing the safety of a accomplice nation that may be a pressure for political stability and financial progress within the Gulf Area.”
