{"id":2804,"date":"2022-05-18T19:01:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T19:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/?p=2804"},"modified":"2022-05-18T19:07:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T19:07:57","slug":"us-to-refuel-israeli-warplanes-during-massive-drill-simulating-iran-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/?p=2804","title":{"rendered":"US TO REFUEL ISRAELI WARPLANES DURING MASSIVE DRILL SIMULATING IRAN ATTACK"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2804\" class=\"elementor elementor-2804\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44e09859 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44e09859\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7525342\" data-id=\"7525342\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e75fed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e75fed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"g-row article-subtitle\"><strong>The Israeli drill will simulate striking targets far from Israel\u2019s borders with a lot of planes while simultaneously acquiring new targets.<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b952f62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b952f62\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47b4b94e\" data-id=\"47b4b94e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20564e82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"20564e82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div><strong>Moving Towards Ezekiel 38-39<\/div>\n<div><blockquote>\"And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.\" \n<span> \u2014 Ezekiel 38:1-6<\/blockquote><\/strong><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46fd2a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46fd2a9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-383a8db8\" data-id=\"383a8db8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-469cde7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"469cde7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1035\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/p50.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><strong>Editor's Note:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<H5><div><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2022<\/span> Many Bible teachers believe <strong>Japheth<\/strong>, the third son of Noah, migrated to the east of Babel and settled in the area of modern-day Iran.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2022<\/span> From there the migration continued as Japheth occupied the continents of the Gentile world.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2022<\/span> Many Bible teachers believe that <strong>Magog<\/strong>, the descendant of Japheth, is identified as the Russian coalition in the latter days. <strong>Gog<\/strong> is the chief prince of the land of Magog.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2022<\/span>Many Bible teachers also believe <strong>Togarmah<\/strong> includes the area of present-day <strong>Turkey, Armenia &amp; Georgia<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2022<\/span> <strong>Persia<\/strong> in concert with <strong>Adolf Hitler<\/strong> changed its name to <strong>Iran<\/strong> (Aryan Land) <strong>in May of 1935<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2022<\/span> <strong>Iran<\/strong> is calling for the destruction of the Jewish people worldwide.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2022<\/span> <strong>Syria<\/strong> is aligned with Iran.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2022<\/span> <strong>Libya<\/strong> is now aligned with Turkey (Togarmah) and NOW Turkey is aligning with Iran<\/div><\/H5>\n<strong><h4><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2022<\/span> Jesus is coming soon, in this Generation, and all the players are gathering to invade Israel.\n<h5><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2022<\/span> Keep looking up church!<\/h4><\/strong>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7416fd38 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7416fd38\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67c6ce34\" data-id=\"67c6ce34\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7462f6f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7462f6f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<div data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" data-en-clipboard=\"true\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Article Source:<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/arab-israeli-conflict\/article-707003\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Jerusalem Post<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>In a signal to Iran, the United States Air Force will refuel Israel Air Force fighter jets during a massive aerial drill in the coming weeks that will simulate an Israeli strike\u00a0against Iran.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Israeli drill \u2013 dubbed \u201cChariots of Fire\u201d \u2013 will simulate striking targets far from Israel\u2019s borders with a large number of planes while simultaneously acquiring new targets on various fronts in real-time. It will be the largest military drill in Israel\u2019s history.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The drill is unprecedented in scope and will enable the army to maintain a high level of readiness in an ever-changing region, the IDF said. It aims to improve the military\u2019s capabilities in an intense, multi-front and prolonged war on all of Israel\u2019s borders.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>During\u00a0the drill, the IAF will practice striking distant targets while troops continue to contend with a multi-front war on its borders.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Channel 13 revealed on Tuesday night that US refueling tankers will drill the midair refueling of Israeli fighter jets during the Iran-attack simulation. The IAF did not return comments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On Tuesday, US Central Command chief Gen. Michael\u00a0Kurilla landed in Israel to participate in the drill.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to a senior military official familiar with the visit, Kurilla will hear the IDF\u2019s assessment about the region and Iran. He will hear \u201cwhat we see and what we think\u201d during the exercise and will \u201csee how Israel will act in a worst-case scenario that is based on real scenarios and contingency plans.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cUnfortunately it\u2019s a slippery slope, and we can find ourselves carrying out maneuvers in Lebanon and we don\u2019t know how that can develop,\u201d the officer said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The official told The Jerusalem Post that Kurilla will carry out an operational assessment during his visit and that Iran will be part of the discussions since the Islamic Republic is under the responsibility of CENTCOM.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kurilla is in Israel after visiting other countries in the region. According to the officer, Kurilla is no stranger to the Middle East and is the main American \u201csensor\u201d in the region.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>While Kurilla and his team are expected to hold open discussions and frank talks with the Israeli officials, \u201cwe have constraints on both sides,\u201d the officer said, explaining that as sovereign states they both have their own interests.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>However, he added, \u201cWe must share with the Americans exactly what we think, and his visit here will achieve these goals.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>While the head of CENTCOM is in Israel, Defense Minister Benny Gantz is in Washington, where he is scheduled to meet with his American counterpart, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI will discuss strengthening joint security cooperation and dealing with regional challenges, foremost among which is Iran, against whom all moderate players in the region must unite,\u201d Gantz said late Tuesday evening before he took off for the US.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The IDF is planning several military options against Iran should the nuclear talks between the West and the Islamic Republic fail. During the month-long military exercise, it will practice one of the options.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The military will also implement the lessons learned from Operation Guardian of the Walls throughout the entire month. During the 11 days of fighting last year, there was heavy rioting in mixed Arab-Israeli cities such as Lod and Jaffa, during which two people were killed and several civilians were injured.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boeing&#8217;s KC-46 aerial refueling tanker<br \/>\n(photo credit: BOEING)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moving-toward-ezekiel-38-39","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2804"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2809,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2804\/revisions\/2809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}