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Israel: will stop buying F-35 aircraft to order other F-15s?

The idea of Air Force would be to use the "old" fighter for a long time

An interesting question that opens up many perspectives is why the Israeli Air Force (IAF) would prefer to buy more F-15 and F-35 aircraft, mainly because the Ra'am (Thunder) -the name used in Israel for American aircraft built during the "Cold War"- is decidedly more anvil than the fifth generation aircraft produced by Lockheed Martin. The strength of the F-15 would be its ability to be more flexible...

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Tel Aviv, Israel, 08/01/2018 17:04
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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