(Times of Israel) Pilots from the Royal Jordanian Air Force recently conducted a "working visit" to Israel, Jordanian media reported. One pilot, Majdi Asmadi, refused to join the delegation and was subsequently ejected from the air force. Asmadi said he had joined the air force to fight Israel, not visit it or cooperate with it. Jordanian fighter pilots trained closely with their Israeli counterparts at a U.S.-hosted air force exercise this summer and even refueled from an Israeli tanker over the Atlantic Ocean.
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