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| US to sell Israel more stealth fighter jets |
| 2014-10-29 |
| [Iran Press TV] The United States has agreed to sell Israel 25 more stealth fighter jets, bringing to 44 the total number of F-35s the regime has ordered. The deal was reached after an order was placed by Moshe Ya'alon, the Israeli minister of military affairs, at a meeting with US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in Washington last week, reports said on Tuesday. Israeli media said the deal was finalized "in recent days." In 2010, Tel Aviv bought the first batch, 19 F-35s manufactured by US defense contractor Lockheed Martin, for $2.75 billion. The 25 new jets are part of the options -- included in the 2010 deal ‐ that allows Israelis to purchase up to 75 planes. The delivery of the first batch of the jets will start at the end of 2016 and will continue to 2018. A US official told Rooters on condition of anonymity that Tel Aviv hoped to purchase 31 instead of 25 F-35s and could increase the order if Washington reduces the price. During the latest offensive against the besieged Gazoo Strip in summer, Tel Aviv used the fighter jets to kill a large number of Paleostinians and destroy thousands of homes. Washington pays Tel Aviv $3 billion a year in military aid. In June, the engine of a Lockheed Martin's F-35 caught fire forcing the commanders to ground the fleet to solve the problem. The incident made US officials to cancel plans to send the F-35 to fly at Britannia's Farnborough International Airshow in July. Pentagon says its technicians are dealing with the matter by carrying out repairs in the test fleet. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Now Ship that's downright nasty....I love it. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-10-29 15:27 |
| #5 Alan, the jooooooooooos have perfected close air support from 16,000 ft., or so they claim. Might not need the A-10, although it would be enlightening to see what modifications they might make to the aircraft and the tactics used. Undepleted uranium rounds for instance. :) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-10-29 10:31 |
| #4 So they use foreign aid money we 'give' them to 'buy' aircraft from us. How is this not corporate welfare? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-10-29 08:07 |
| #3 Darn, I was thinking F-22's. Would the IDF be able to use some A-10s? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-10-29 07:38 |
| #2 Somebody's gotta buy them. Yea, but why does it have to be us? Can't you palm them off to your Soody pals? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-10-29 03:47 |
| #1 Somebody's gotta buy them. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-10-29 02:34 |