The American air force is working with senior military commanders from the Gulf states to train and prepare Arab air forces for a possible war with Iran, The Sunday Telegraph has reported.
An air warfare conference in Washington last week was told how American air chiefs have helped to coordinate intelligence-sharing with Gulf states and organize combined exercises aimed at making it easier to fight together. According to the report, Pentagon air chiefs have helped establish an air warfare center in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where Gulf nations are training their fighter pilots. It is modelled on the US Air Force warfare center at Nellis air force base in Nevada.
Jordan and the UAE have both participated in combined exercises aimed at making sure their air forces can fly, and fight, together and with American jets. The conference was long-planned to discuss developments in air warfare technology, but the question of possible hostilities involving Iran was discussed.
