US trains Gulf air forces for war with Iran

[babylonsister]

US trains Gulf air forces for war with Iran

By Tim Shipman in Washington
Last Updated: 12:21am BST 30/09/2007

The American air force is working with military leaders from the Gulf to train and prepare Arab air forces for a possible war with Iran, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal.

An air warfare conference in Washington last week was told how American air chiefs have helped to co-ordinate intelligence-sharing with Gulf Arab nations and organise combined exercises designed to make it easier to fight together.

Gen Michael Mosley, the US Air Force chief of staff, used the conference to seek closer links with allies whose support America might need if President George W Bush chooses to bomb Iran.

Pentagon air chiefs have helped set up an air warfare centre in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where Gulf nations are training their fighter pilots and America has big bases. It is modelled on the US Air Force warfare centre at Nellis air force base in Nevada.

Jordan and the UAE have both taken part in combined exercises designed to make sure their air forces can fly, and fight, together and with American jets.

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[MADem]

1. Gee, when I mentioned the prospects of proxies in this Shi'a-Sunni upcoming Holy War,

I caught a LOT of grief. And here it is is print. And I am unsurprised.

The Saudis are funding this fun. They need to keep those pesky Shi'as from gaining any regional hegemony, and perhaps challenging their control over the Holy Places. We're just the mercenary army of the House of Saud. Bought and paid for with black gold.