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Source: https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-880212
Training the Israel Air Force to Stop another Oct. 7
(Jerusalem Post) Amir Bohbot - In an interview with a fighter pilot who trains Israeli Air Force squadrons, we get a glimpse into the emerging ability of the pilots to stop Hizbullah's Radwan forces in southern Lebanon if they approach the border, to disrupt the arrival of 100 pickup trucks carrying Houthi or jihadist fighters from Syria, and even to prevent Hamas terrorists in Gaza from crossing the Yellow Line. For Capt. D., 27, one of the newest and most complex training scenarios for fighter pilots is the "explosive event" scenario in the border areas, a framework based on the events of Oct. 7. "Everyone says openly: There is no scenario that won't happen anymore; there is no longer 'illogical' - there is maybe low probability. Here we train for everything....Just like we train for Iran, we train for border defense." In a border-defense mission, there is a "golden hour," and each minute of response time is critical. To be ready, they usually choose to train for the hardest scenario. "In the past, a pilot on regular alert would wait for instructions from the command center. Today, authority has been decentralized and given to the pilots in this scenario. This means that...the pilot...will make decisions himself....Flight squadrons will not prevent an infiltration on a scale like Oct. 7, but it can significantly disrupt it even before reaching the border."