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In historic first, Israel Air Force flies above Dachau camp in Germany

Two Israeli F-16s and two German Eurofighters escort an IAF Gulfstream G-550 carrying the commanders of both air forces over Dachau and the site of the 1972 Munich Olympics' massacre.

by  Lilach Shoval and ILH Staff
Published on  08-19-2020 09:15
Last modified: 08-19-2020 13:07
In historic first, Israel Air Force flies above Dachau camp in GermanySven Hoppe/dpa via AP

German Eurofighters and Israeli F-16s, escorted an IAF Gulfstream G-550, over the Fuerstenfeldbruck airbase, Tuesday | Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP

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A joint drill by the Israeli and German air forces on Tuesday included a historic flyover above the Dachau concentration camp and Munich in memory of the Holocaust and victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre.

Two Israeli F-16s and two German Eurofighters escorted an Israeli Air Force Gulfstream G-550 carrying the commanders of both air forces – Israel Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin and chief of the German air force Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz – over the camp memorial outside Munich, while a third Eurofighter filmed the formation from the sky.

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As the Israeli fighter jets approached the Dachau site, Norkin said: "From the past's memory of darkness we carry on our wings a future obligation, forever and ever."

Israeli and German aircraft fly over the site of the Dachau concentration camp, Tuesday (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Then the flyover passed above the Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base where 11 Israeli athletes and coaches were murdered during the 1972 Summer Olympics in a terrorist attack carried out by the Black September Palestinian terrorist group.

At the end of the aerial maneuver, a formal memorial service was conducted at the Dachau camp, with German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Israeli Ambassador to Germany Jeremy Issacharoff in attendance.

Among the Israeli delegation members were descendants of Holocaust survivors, including Maj. Y, deputy commander of the IAF's 109th Squadron, who is a grandson of a Holocaust survivor of Dachau.

The military drill, dubbed Blue Wings 2020, will extend over two weeks and is being held as part of the Multinational Air Group exercise, which sees air forces from NATO and allied states engage in maneuvers.

It was the first joint exercise between the IAF and German Air Force to take place on German soil and was also the only international exercise the IAF is conducting abroad this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The German Air Force held joint exercises in Israel last fall.

According to an IAF statement from earlier in the week, the purpose of the exercise was to continue enhancing the IAF's capabilities, maintain its readiness to contend with various scenarios and to continue strengthening its bonds and cooperation with allied air forces.

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