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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The decision puts on hold deals worth a combined $9.5 billion to procure a squadron of F-15 fighter jets and a squadron of F-35 fighter jets.
The Biden administration has secretly approved the transfer of significant military aid to Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Florida senator wrote to the U.S. defense secretary after a Dutch appeals court’s decision threatened to halt delivery of U.S.-made F-35 parts to Israel.
Delivery of the aircraft would begin in 2027 at a rate of three planes each year.
Some of the weapons included suicide speedboats, a "stealth drone" and smart torpedoes launched from high-speed vessels.
The American and Israeli air forces once again practiced a deep attack run as part of their joint ACE (Agile combat employment) deployment of the IAF with the US military’s Central Command (AFCENT) which covers the Middle East.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The chief of IDF Military Intelligence has warned that Tehran will soon begin enriching at least a “symbolic” amount of uranium to military grade.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Separately, two IAF F-35s escorted two U.S. B-52 bombers on a flight.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The fighter planes underwent extensive checks to eliminate the possibility of a malfunction in the plane’s ejector seat,
There are only three factories in the world – in Israel, Italy, and the US.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We continue consulting with Emirati officials to ensure unmistakable understanding with respect to obligations before, during and after delivery,” said Mira Resnick, a deputy U.S. assistant secretary of state.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The act would require the president to provide congressional committees with detailed certifications to show that U.S. aircraft technology and Israel’s security are protected before such sales.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
This base houses Israel's F-35 and other strategic planes.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The deal includes the procurement of F-35 and F-16 fighter jets, SH53K helicopters, refueling planes and the Eitan, a new-generation armored personnel carrier developed jointly by Israel and the United States.
The Democrats were opposed to the deal from the beginning.
By Ariel Kahana
Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge “is a matter of U.S. law, not policy,” says U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The deal reportedly must honor an agreement with Israel that guarantees a “qualitative military edge” over any Middle Eastern states that purchase U.S. weapons.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The president said that he would be willing to sell the same arms to other Middle Eastern countries as well.
The “Lions of the South” 116th Squadron, the Israeli Air Force’s (IAF) second “Adir” (F-35I) squadron, has officially become operational and will take an active part in the IAF’s operational activity.
“The two air forces maintain close cooperation, including mutual learning and sharing of lessons learned.”
By Israel Hayom
London-based Arabic daily reports that Israeli F-35 stealth fighters were used to carry out two strikes on Iranian assets in Iraq this month; no comment from Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Thirty-five more of the stealth aircraft are to slated be delivered by 2024 • IDF: “Adir Squadron adds another tier to the operational and strategic capabilities of the air force.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
This is the first time in history that F-35 fighters from several armies participated in a joint drill.
By JNi.Media
The IAF F-35 "Adir" planes penetrated Iran's airspace, circled high above Tehran, Karajrak, Isfahan, Shiraz and Bandar Abbas – and photographed Iran's air defense system.
By JNi.Media
Israel plans to procure 50 F-35s eventually, with each aircraft costing about $96 million.
Israel was the first country to receive the F-35 outside the US.
By JNi.Media
SANA suggested the attack used the new F-35 attack planes Israel has just received from the US.
By JNi.Media
The T-50 designers prefer maneuverability over secrecy, and so it's not as stealth as the F-35. In fact, its twin-engine design more closely resembles the F-22 Raptor of 20 years ago.
By JNi.Media
During last month's test flights, symbols on the Elbit helmet display used by pilots in aim air-to-ground attacks were 'unusable and unsafe to complete the planned testing.'
Watch the new F-35 Adir flying to Israel.
By JNi.Media
According to the Israel Ministry of Defense, F-35 related cooperation between Lockheed Martin and Israeli defense companies has reached $993 million.
By JNi.Media
The F-35 Lightning II combines advanced stealth with fighter speed and agility, advanced mission systems, fully fused sensor information, network-enabled operations and cutting-edge sustainment.
By JNi.Media
The F-35A Adir will be a significant addition to maintaining Israel’s qualitative military edge in the Middle East, with the advanced capability to defeat emerging threats, such as advanced missiles.
By JNi.Media
There is a dispute between the professional echelon in the defense ministry and Prime Minister Netanyahu over the American proposal.
By JNi.Media
No Internet, no F-35? Oy!
By JNi.Media
Lockheed: The Israelis have an ability to do some unique things, but anything wholesale…would have to be done by consensual agreement.
The Obama administration also promises not sell F-35 to any other Middle East country - but for how long?
Lockheed-Martin is studying an Israel request for a longer flight range that would make refueling easier.
The IDF has come up with an 81-second video showing 67 years of Israeli land, sea and ground soldiers in action.
By Tzvi Zucker / Tazpit News Agency
Israel Will Buy, And Help Produce, American Jet Fighters; Will Sell Communications Equipment to Canada
Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson toured the Israel Aerospace Industries plant at Ben Gurion Airport Thursday, when executives told her that the first pair of wings for the DF-35 stealth fighter will be produced by September. IAI is scheduled to manufacture more than 800 pairs of wings in the next several years as the F-35 […]
President Barack Obama should apologize to Israel for putting “Israel in a position of having to defend both of us” from Iran, Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, told Fox News. Israel strongly opposed the Obama administration’s recent relaxation of sanctions against Tehran, which continues to develop its nuclear […]
The Pentagon is suspending work on a second helmet for the F-35 jet in favor of exclusive use of the helmet developed by Israel’s Elbit Systems along with Rockwell-Collins. American defense officials said it ditched the second helmet after Elbit-Rockwell made improvements in the helmet, including a better night vision camera, saving the Pentagon millions […]
Defense Minister Moshe "Boogie" Yaalon checks out the F-35.
The U.S. cut $175 million from the $3.1 billion dollars of Foreign Military Financing (FMF) it supplies Israel, as part of across the board cuts in international military aid, according to a report in Ma'ariv. Ambassador Michael Oren said Israel would not be asking for an exemption from the cuts, and that Israel would carry […]
Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest defense contractor, is establishing a development information system center in the Negev, the latest addition to a growing list of some of the largest American-based companies to set up operations in Israel. The center will be part of the IDF Intelligence Corp's technology campus in the Negev. Israel has agreed […]
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has won a 10-15 year contract potentially worth $2.5 billion to build the wings for the F-35 stealth bomber, which is due to arrive in Israel in 2016. IAI and Lockheed Martin have begun setting up the production line for the F-35's wings at an Israeli facility, the Israeli business website […]
Israeli Air Force pilots won’t be flying the controversial and costly F35 Stealth Lightning fighter plane before 2016, but everyone now has a glimpse of how the advanced jet makes a vertical landing.
July 3, 2026 
