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U.S. Used Israeli Airbase in Iran War
(Fox News) Recent reporting indicates that Saudi Arabia refused to let U.S. warplanes take off from Saudi bases at the height of the Strait of Hormuz crisis in early May. Dr. Michael Makovsky, President and CEO of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA), told Fox News Thursday that during a recent visit to Israel for meetings with senior military and intelligence leadership, "We went to Ovda Air Base [in southern Israel and]...heard from the Israeli and American commanders there [about] what incredible cooperation there was [in the war]." Ovda was built after the Camp David Accords to U.S. specifications. "There were over 4,000 American sorties from Ovda [against Iran] and something like 6,000 American military personnel stationed there. America brought defensive weaponry but didn't need it because Israel has a very sophisticated air defense capability....And, unlike the Saudis, the Israelis give America complete freedom of action."