JERUSALEM — Israel’s Ministry of Defense announced Sunday that the country will acquire a fourth squadron of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and second squadron of F-15IA fighter jets, a massive expansion of the Israeli Defense Force’s air power in the wake of the Iran campaign.
With each squadron amounting to 25 new warplanes, the deal would give Jerusalem among the largest fleets in the world of both the fifth-gen stealth F-35, produced by Lockheed Martin, and the Boeing-produced F-15EX, which is branded as the F-15IA in Israel.
“The deals, valued at tens of billions of NIS, include full fleet integration into the Israeli Air Force, comprehensive sustainment, spare parts, and logistics support,” Israel’s Ministry of Defense said in the statement, although no…
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