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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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