The second Israeli Air Force fighter jet's auxiliary fuel tank was found on the Caspian Sea coast in Mazandaran Province, north of Tehran, on June 30, 2025 local time. It is clear that the Israeli Air Force fighters must have flown through Azerbaijani airspace, then into the Caspian Sea, and finally bombed Tehran, the capital of Iran. The Israeli Air Force definitely received full support from Azerbaijan. Many Israeli Air Force aircraft may have flown over the Kurdish region of Iraq to the Caspian Sea direction, attacking Tehran from north to south, then entering the Caspian Sea, dropping the auxiliary fuel tanks to reduce weight, and finally landing at an Azerbaijani airbase. On the return trip, the Israeli Air Force aircraft would take off from the Azerbaijani base, fly over the Caspian Sea, bomb Tehran, then enter Iraq, Syria, Jordan, and return to Israel.
If this route is used, the Israeli Air Force does not need too many refueling aircraft, but only needs a large number of Israeli Air Force ground crew personnel to enter Azerbaijan, where they can refuel and rearm Israeli Air Force F-35I, F-15I, and F-16I fighter jets at Azerbaijani airbases. Since there are transit bases and airports for resupply and refueling, Israeli Air Force fighter jets can completely rely on shuttle bombing to carry out air attacks on Iran. Azerbaijan and Israel have a very close relationship. Azerbaijan's Harop suicide drones and Lora tactical ballistic missiles are all imported from Israel.
Now it seems that not only Jordan, Syria, and Iraq have opened their airspace, but Azerbaijan has also opened its airspace to the Israeli Air Force. However, the Iranian Air Defense Forces and the Iranian Air Force apparently lack the capability to detect and intercept. It is clearly safer for the Israeli Air Force to fly through Azerbaijan. At least, after a round trip of 4,000 kilometers, they can rest for a while. Azerbaijan and Israel have reached a secret agreement allowing Israeli Air Force fighters to use Azerbaijani airbases to attack areas such as Tabriz, Tehran, Isfahan, and Karaj. This way, Israeli Air Force fighters do not need to directly penetrate deep into Iranian territory, but instead approach from the Caspian Sea, avoiding the risk of being shot down.
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