IDF, US Army Celebrate Inauguration of First American Base in Israel

September 22, 2017

The Jerusalem Post:

For the first time in Israel’s history, the United States Army has opened a permanent base on Israeli soil, flying the Stars and Stripes inside an IDF base.

“Due to the close cooperation between us and the American forces in the field of air defense, as well as the extensive experience accumulated by the Aerial Defense Division, it was decided that the first permanent base of the American Army would be established at the School of Air Defense,” Brig.-Gen Zvika Haimovitch, head of the IDF’s Aerial Defense Division, stated on Monday…

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