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Israel Approves Buy of 20 JSFs
By JOHN REED
Published: 16 Aug 2010 12:34
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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 fifth-generation jets, along with training and maintenance gear, using a $3 billion defense grant from the United States, Reuters reported this week.
The jets will not be outfitted with Israeli-built mission systems that the Middle Eastern nation 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 slated to be delivered between 2015 and 2017, making Israel the first non-JSF partner nation to operate the fighter.
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4747335&c=MID&s=AIR
By JOHN REED
Published: 16 Aug 2010 12:34
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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 fifth-generation jets, along with training and maintenance gear, using a $3 billion defense grant from the United States, Reuters reported this week.
The jets will not be outfitted with Israeli-built mission systems that the Middle Eastern nation 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 slated to be delivered between 2015 and 2017, making Israel the first non-JSF partner nation to operate the fighter.
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4747335&c=MID&s=AIR