Monday, September 29, 2014

Israel Close to Purchasing More F-35s

The Pentagon's Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II programme office is close to signing a deal with Israel for more stealthy combat aircraft, the programme manager said on 25 September.

"We are in discussion with another one of our partners, Israel, to increase their buy and those discussions are going very, very well," said US Air Force Lieutenant General Chris Bogdan.

"We are very, very close," Lt Gen Bogdan said in Oslo following a meeting with partner nations on the programme. He added that the new agreement with Israel will be signed "probably within the next few months". Israel has already ordered 19 aircraft.

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