An Israeli army technician walks past the Air Force drone "Heron" at the Palmahim Airbase in central Israel on May 3, 2010. AFP German Luftwaffe Pilots Train To Fly Drones ... In Israel -- NPR
That German Luftwaffe pilots should be training to remotely fly drones isn't surprising.
That they're doing their training in Israel, now that's a bit of an eyebrow raiser.
Germany is obviously a much different place since the 1930s and 1940s. The nation that so readily plunged the world into a catastrophic world war just over 70 years ago and had as its official policy genocide against Jews, now only reluctantly commits its combat forces and has made Holocaust-denial a punishable offense.
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Update: German drone pilots eye Afghanistan... from Israel -- Reuters
My Comment: This news certainly raises my eyebrow.
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