The camp appears to have been a site where foreign and Iraqi fighters trained for attacks on Americans.

The command serves as a primary conventional fighter and bomber warfighting headquarters trained and ready for worldwide employment of airpower.

Some foreign fighters with the potential for competitive success have trained in these schools but they did so through personal introductions and a dedication to the sport.

Robinson commented that once a fighter has trained to a certain level, their techniques and responses become almost reflexive.

Most injuries occur during training rather than in the Octagon - some fighters train six to eight hours a day for several weeks leading up to a fight.

Sufficiently trained to bring the new jet fighter to the target.

Every fighter could train its infra-red weapons-aiming system ahead of the plane, in a cone.

Experienced fighters often train less-experienced fighters in a Knight / squire relationship.

"Sometimes the fighters would train with us because they liked our atmosphere," he said.

Meanwhile, other Soviet fighters will be training at facilities Gliklad has assembled near Moscow.