Israel to Acquire 20 JSFs
18.08.2010 Aviation & Space
After years of negotiations, Israel is moving ahead with plans to purchase 20 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters under an estimated $2.75 billion deal.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak gave his final approval Aug. 15 to buy the 5th generation jets, along with training and maintenance gear, using a $3 billion defense grant from the United States, Reuters reported.
The jets will not be outfitted with Israeli-built mission systems that it has long wanted to put on any F-35s it buys.
Final Israeli government approval for the deal is expected in September. The jets are to be delivered between 2015 and 2017 making Israel the first non-JSF partner nation to operate this fighter.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak gave his final approval Aug. 15 to buy the 5th generation jets, along with training and maintenance gear, using a $3 billion defense grant from the United States, Reuters reported.
The jets will not be outfitted with Israeli-built mission systems that it has long wanted to put on any F-35s it buys.
Final Israeli government approval for the deal is expected in September. The jets are to be delivered between 2015 and 2017 making Israel the first non-JSF partner nation to operate this fighter.
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