But he could not release pilots unless they were not required by the IAF.
This would not be the first time for the IAF to face trouble in the courts.
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They have also brought in fairly advanced anti-aircraft missiles capable of shooting down IAF helicopters.
By so acting, the US failed to recognize the fundamental truth that last week's IAF raid exposed.
In 2006, IAF strikes in the first 24 hours of the war knocked out all of Hezbollah's long-range missiles.
IAF's real grievance was with the king's refusal to change Jordan's electoral law.
He admitted that a few pilots wanted to quit the IAF and had applied to air headquarters in this regard.
Critics - led by the IAF which boycotted the vote - have said the reform does not go far enough.
But the IAF, emboldened by the recent success of Islamist parties in Egypt and Tunisia, says reform is coming too slowly.
Less than two years ago, on September 6, 2007, the IAF destroyed a North Korean-built plutonium production facility at Kibar, Syria.
As last week's IAF raid on the reportedly North Korean-supplied Syrian nuclear installation made clear, this oversight is full of geopolitical consequences.
He is also said to have cordial ties with the opposition, and on Thursday he held talks with IAF and trade union leaders.
But the IAF says the terms and conditions of service are made known to the young men and women at the time of joining.
He also spoke candidly on the issue of fighter pilots wanting to quit the IAF for better salaries being offered by private Indian airlines.
Over the past several years, the IAF has demonstrated that it has the power-projection capability to reach Iran's nuclear installations, strike and return home.
As many as 15, 000 people took to the streets of the capital, Amman, 11 days ago to show their support for the IAF's demand.
Its air defense force constitutes a massive threat to the IAF.
The public will support a government decision to strike even if the strike is not a one-off like the 1981 IAF strike that destroyed Iraq's Osirak reactor.
Kyle Cooper, a managing partner at Houston's IAF Energy Advisors, said once power is restored, refineries could be running within a day or two, barring unforeseen problems.
John McCain was asked for his opinion of Brzezinski's recommendation that the US shoot down IAF jets en route to Iran in a hypothetical Israeli air strike against Iran's nuclear installations.
Egypt helped Israel by keeping its border with Gaza closed and by allowing the IAF to overfly Egyptian airspace en route to attacking Iranian weapons convoys in Sudan destined for Gaza.
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Otherwise, the lessons exposed and the advantages gained from the IAF strike will be squandered, and the free world will be weakened as new life is given to the axis of evil.
Does the fact that Olmert ordered IAF jets to overfly Syrian dictator Bashar Assad's palace mean that he understands that the war being fought against Israel is part of the global jihad?
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Mr Bakhit has branded the IAF's boycott of the local elections as illegal, and this could serve as grounds for action to contest its right to continue to operate as a political party.
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Israel's installation of its own electronic warfare systems in its F-16s and F-15s is what has allowed the IAF to maintain its qualitative edge over Arab states that have also purchased the aircraft.
Whether or not it is called the axis of evil, after the IAF raid it is undeniable that its members - North Korea, Iran and Syria - collaborate closely in their joint war.
Olmert's failure to stop weapons smuggling into Gaza at the Philadelphi corridor and his attempt to obfuscate this failure by exaggerating the strategic significance of the reported IAF strikes in Sudan are his stock in trade.
Today, rather than acknowledge his failure, Olmert is using the disclosure of IAF attacks in Sudan as yet a new way to obfuscate the fact that for three years and two months he has failed to adequately protect the state.
Many of the IAF's supporters have a strong affinity with Hamas, and the refusal of Western powers to deal with the Palestinian movement after it had won a general election in January 2006 has cast doubt on the value of participating in electoral politics.
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