Lightning IIs For Israel

Posted 7 October 2010
Photo by David Drais

Israeli Minister Defense Director General Udi Shani signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance, or LOA, in New York on 7 October 2010 for his country’s procurement of approximately twenty F-35A Lightning II fighters. Israel, which has options for additional aircraft, will be the first country to receive the F-35 through the United States government’s Foreign Military Sales program. The Israeli Lightning IIs will be designated F-35I.

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