U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and commander for U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) and NATO Supreme Allied Command Europe, U.S. Army General Curtis Scaparrotti, tour the headquarters of Exercise Juniper Cobra 18 at Hatzor Air Force Base, March 9, 2018.

JC18 is the ninth in a series of biennial Juniper Cobra exercises conducted in Israel between the IDF and USEUCOM every two years since 2001.

JC18 is part of a routine training cycle designed to improve the interoperability of U.S. and IDF defense systems.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)