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Compact version of the TAR-21. Standard Issue rifle since 2009 replacing the TAR-21. IWI Tavor TAR-21 [4] Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm Israel: Cut from service as of 2009 and replaced by the X95. M4A1 Carbine [4] Carbine/Assault rifle/Service rifle: 5.56×45mm United States: Standard Issue Assault Rifle along with M16, CAR-15, and X95 and used by ...
The IAF also ordered 30 M-346 trainer jets to train F-35 pilots. [68] Construction of a manufacturing facility to produce wings under license for the F-35 was expected to be completed by mid-2014. The site was to produce a total of 811 wing pairs. Initial orders of the F-35 were for 20 planes, with a total of 75 intended. [69]
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of stealth multirole fighters that first entered service with the United States in 2015. The aircraft has been ordered by program partner nations, including the United Kingdom, Italy, Norway, and Australia, and also through the Department of Defense's Foreign Military Sales program, including Japan, South Korea, and Israel.
Lockheed Martin F-16I: 2004-Sufa (Storm) סופה Lockheed Martin F-35I: 2016-Adir (Mighty) אדיר McDonnell Douglas F-15A/B/C/D: 1976-Baz (Falcon) בז McDonnell Douglas F-15I: 1998-Ra'am (Thunder) רעם McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II: 1969: 2004: Kurnass (Sledgehammer) קורנס North American P-51 Mustang: 1948: 1961: Sud Aviation S.O ...
The F-35 was the product of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, which was the merger of various combat aircraft programs from the 1980s and 1990s. One progenitor program was the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Advanced Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) which ran from 1983 to 1994; ASTOVL aimed to develop a Harrier jump jet replacement for the U.S. Marine Corps ...
Some of the aircraft were lost en route to Israel. The delivery of aircraft began on May 20, 1948, and was conducted from the Czech airfield near the town of Žatec. Some of Avia fighters were dismantled and flown to Israel in transport airplanes. [4] Some of the deliveries were not finished until after cessation of hostilities.
Israel will buy 25 F-35 aircraft from the United States, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced Sunday, in a deal that increases Israel’s arsenal of the stealth fighter jets by 50%. The F-35 is ...
The U.S. underwrites some of Israel's research and development of weapons, and has contributed significant amounts of money to Israeli defense projects such as the Merkava main battle tank and the IAI Lavi ground-attack aircraft. Israel is a participant in the F-35 Lightning II fighter development program and was offered access to the F-22 ...