Thomas Wictor: Military Deception in the Age of Trump

In this era, don't take things at face value. It's called MILDEC (military deception).

September 18th, 2017:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-us-establishes-permanent-military-base-in-israel/

September 19th, 2017:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/contradicting-idf-us-says-it-didnt-establish-military-base-in-israel/

A barracks?
https://www.stripes.com/news/us-troops-deployed-to-israel-get-a-new-barracks-1.488440#.WcGtGYpryMI

Mashabim Air Base?
http://www.iaf.org.il/2450-en/IAF.aspx

From the Israel Air Force web site:

Search results for "Mashabim."

Google Maps image of Mashabim. No runways.

MILDEC.

The idea of "transparency" was nice. It flopped.

Thus MILDEC. Finally.