Citing Limited Air Space, Israel Says Wants to Base Jets in U.S. Haaretz [Israeli newspaper], August 2, 2001 "Israel has asked the United States to permanently base some Israeli fighter jets at a U.S. Air Force base in America for combat training of Israeli pilots, officials of the two countries said Wednesday. They told Reuters that Washington was considering the request to station a contingent of Israeli jets at a U.S. base but that no decision had been made."