The scene: Two combat jets race through the night sky on opposite sides of the Saudi-Jordanian border. In one cockpit, a pilot from the Royal Saudi Air Force. In the other, one of Israel’s top air commanders. For most of…
Five years ago, on January 2, 2020, at the direction of President Donald Trump, forces under my command struck and killed Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani. We undertook this attack in Baghdad, Iraq, where Soleimani travelled to further coordinate attacks…
The October 7 attack and its aftermath revealed significant shortcomings in Israel’s border security doctrine and its implementation. Israel’s assumptions about the magnitude and nature of threats on its borders proved false, and, as a result, its operational concept and…
After Turkey’s decision to acquire the Russian S-400 air and missile defense system, despite repeated warnings from U.S. officials, the United States was forced in 2019 to block Turkey from procuring and producing the American F-35 fifth-generation fighter. Now, Turkey…