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Watch Webinar – The U.S.-Israel Air Campaign Against Iran


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In less than 2 months, the U.S. and Israeli air forces struck more than 15,000 Iranian targets, including the regime’s leadership, missile and nuclear arsenals, and defense-industrial capacity. Then, in early April, a bold and complex U.S. operation with Israeli support resulted in the rescue of an American airman inside Iran, after a U.S. F-15 fighter jet was shot down.

To discuss U.S.-Israeli tactical accomplishments in the war, including the cinematic U.S. airman rescue operation, JINSA hosted a webinar with Lt Gen Thomas Trask, USAF (ret.), former Vice Commander, United States Special Operations Command, and JINSA Distinguished Fellow IDF MG (ret.) Amikam Norkin, former Commander of the Israeli Air Force.

The discussion was moderated by JINSA Fellow for American Strategy Jonathan Ruhe.



IDF MG (ret.) Amikam Norkin

MajGen (ret.) Amikam Norkin is a Distinguished Fellow at JINSA and former Commander of the Israeli Air Force. Prior to that, he led the Israeli military’s Planning Directorate, where he oversaw the military’s strategic calculations and analysis.

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Lt Gen Thomas Trask, USAF (ret.)

Lt Gen Thomas Trask, USAF (ret.) is an advisor of JINSA’s Hybrid Warfare Policy Project, and former Vice Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command. He is also former Director of Resources, Programming and Assessments at the Pentagon, and former Commander of the U.S. Air Force’s 58th Special Operations Wing, among other distinguished roles.

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Jonathan Ruhe JINSA Foreign Policy Director


Jonathan Ruhe

Jonathan Ruhe is Fellow for American Strategy at JINSA. Before joining JINSA, he held positions as Senior Policy Analyst at the Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Security Program and as Research Associate at the Hudson Institute. He has been cited in Congressional testimony and his commentary has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and many other leading media outlets.

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