Saudi Arabien/F-15 - Originalartikel

Geschrieben von Andreas am 05. September 2003 20:40:15:

Als Antwort auf: Re: Einige weitere ausgesuchte Meldungen von Widdowson geschrieben von Apollo am 05. September 2003 20:30:51:

>hallo Andreas
>Saudi-Arabien könnte durchaus noch " brennend " werden !
>Kann diese Meldung über Flugzeugverlegung in den Norden des Landes, auch über andere Quellen bestätigt werden ?
>FALLS etwas dran ist, dann könnte es recht brisant werden !
>gruss apollo

Hallo Apollo

Widdowson hat die Meldung von hier: http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2003/september/09_04_1.html

SAUDI ARABIA MOVES F-15s TO TABUK

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Saudi Arabia has transferred much of its F-15 fighter-jet fleet to the northern air force base at Tabuk in what has been termed a violation of the kingdom's pledge to the United States.

Israeli defense sources said the F-15s were transferred on the eve of the U.S.-led war in Iraq in March to protect them against Iraqi air or missile attack. The sources said the kingdom has refused to return the F-15s to their original bases in central and eastern Saudi Arabia despite the fall of the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in April.

The United States has asked the Saudi kingdom to return the F-15s to their bases, the sources said. They said the U.S. request was prompted by Israeli concern that the F-15s present a military threat to the Jewish state.

Saudi Arabia has more than 150 F-15s, purchased in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1995, Riyad procured 72 F-15E aircraft, renamed the S model. In 1982, the kingdom bought 91 F-15C/D aircraft.





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