A report from Israel's Debkafile, states that Israel indeed planned on attacking and destroying the "bulk of the Iranian Air Force" earlier this month.
Debkafile claims that "Israel was planning to destroy all 140 fighter-bombers concentrated at the Mehr-Abad Air Force base for an air show over Tehran on Iran's Army Day the following day,"
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According to them, the air maneuver was canceled due to weather.
"Due to poor visibility and the appearance of dust storms (over the city), we were forced to cancel the drill for an optimal output," said Air Force commander Brigadier General Hassan Shah-Safi.
However, Debka --which has been closely linked to the Mossad (Israeli intelligence)--
quoted intelligence sources as saying that the cancellation was announced after a tip-off from the Russians.
"Moscow had informed the Iranians that its spy satellites and intelligence sources had picked up preparations at Israeli Air Force bases to destroy the 140 warplanes, the bulk of the Iranian air force, on the ground the night before the display, leaving its nuclear sites without aerial defense," Debka quotes its sources as saying.
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