Monday, January 9, 2023

US Bars Israeli Pilots With Foreign Passports From Flying The F-35 Jet

An F-35i Adir jet in Nevatim base, southeast of Beersheba (photo credit: IDF) 

Jerusalem Post: US barring Israeli pilots with foreign passports from F-35 aircraft 

This move by the US stems from an increasingly expanding focus on information security and safeguarding US interests. 

The US Defense Department and intelligence authorities are barring Israel Air Force (IAF) pilots with foreign passports from flying F-35 fighter jets, in fear of information security and technology leaks. 

This move by the US stems from an increasingly expanding focus on information security and safeguarding US interests. 

As a result, sources claim the IAF accepted this stipulation and gave up assigning pilots to F-35 Adir aircraft.  

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Update #1: No F-35 For ‘Select’ Israeli Pilots: US Bars Foreign Passport Holders From Flying F-35 Adir To Guard Aircraft Tech (EurAsian Times)  

Update #2: US prohibits Israel pilots from flying F-35 jets (Middle East Monitor)  

WNU Editor: There are a lot of Israelis who are from Russia, with many of them holding dual citizenship. This concern over security from the US is not surprising in the current global environment.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Maybe we should do this with elected offices while we're at it.

Anonymous said...

not allow them to fly our air force planes?

Anonymous said...

We should do this with liberals. Many are commies at heart. Some like Bernie Sanders honey mooned in Moscow

Anonymous said...

Russians are discriminated against in Germany for sure

Colleagues are Russian, and one told me he can't even buy a drone, and is being pestered by his bank. They want to drop him, basically - he is fully employed, normal dude, anti war, been here before the war, and this is just nonsense and should stop RIGHT AWAY.

Lots of Russians don't like the war, and even if they are on Russia's side, we shouldn't treat them as 2nd class citizens. It's not a bad 2nd class (not full on discrimination), don't get me wrong, BUT any kind of discrimination sucks and you feel bad of course if you are at the receiving stick. It sucks, takes time and is just wrong.

Anonymous said...

^ Then let them stay the f*** in Russia

Anonymous said...

US just telling how lethal is F35

Anonymous said...

Are dual U.S.-Israeli passport holders in the Israeli air force exempt?

Anonymous said...

I really hate drones too but that's fucked up