The aircraft purchases are part of a decade-long modernization plan to the tune of $118 billion, the government said.

Israel has approved the purchase of a fourth squadron of F-35I stealth fighters and a second squadron of F-15IA strike aircraft, in a deal worth tens of billions of shekels. The acquisition, part of a $118–119 billion decade-long military modernization ...

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Israel has given the green light for the procurement of additional Lockheed Martin F-35s and Boeing F-15IAs. The plan endorsed by the Ministerial Committee on Procurement allows the defense ministry to press ahead with negotiating the foreign military sales contract,