ISIS Air Force

A friend of mine sent a link to a story about ISIS pilots training in a simulator [story ]  I can't imagine ISIS trying to fly airplanes in an environment where there are so many coalition aircraft, radars and missiles.  They would make great targets.  Aside from that, the article says ISIS got this simulator from abroad, whatever that means.  It is a reminder that for all the enemies of ISIS, they still have some really powerful friends who help fund and give them support.  Now, who would benefit from a stronger bunch of radicals running loose in the world?  We would think that no other country would do such a thing.  It should remind of the thinking of our intelligence services just prior to 9/11.  Why would they want to get pilot training, we were asking ourselves.  Who could possibly benefit from that?