Keeping an eye on Isreal... Military preparations...

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Israel orders 1st stealth F-35 squadron

Jul. 9, 2009
Yaakov Katz , THE JERUSALEM POST
Israel moved a step closer to receiving its first stealth fighter jets this week after the Israel Air Force submitted an official Letter of Request (LOR) to the Pentagon to purchase its first squadron of 25 F-35 stealth fighter jets.

Also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), the F-35 will be one of the most-advanced fighter jets in the world and will enable Israel to phase out some of its older F-15 and F-16 models. The JSF is manufactured by Lockheed Martin.

Defense officials said that while the LOR was submitted this week, negotiations regarding the final price of the plane - estimated at around $100 million - as well as the integration of Israeli systems would continue.

The LOR will be followed by the signing of a contract in the beginning of 2010. The first aircraft are scheduled to arrive in Israel in 2014.

The first stage of the deal will be the purchase of 25 aircraft, which will compromise the first Israeli F-35 squadron. In a later stage, the IAF plans to purchase an additional 50 aircraft, some of them with vertical take-off and landing capabilities.

According to senior IDF officers, the Defense Ministry and the Pentagon have reached understandings on most of the major issues that have been at the core of disagreement between the sides.

Israeli demands have focused on three issues - the integration of Israeli-made electronic warfare systems into the plane, the integration of Israeli communication systems and the ability to independently maintain the plane in the event of a technical or structural problem.

 

[Murshad Jee]

We proud our AIR FORCE which is the BEST IN THE WORLD even we don't have these latest fighter jets but still our GREAT AIR FORCE can do the same work with other jets we have. The main thing is the whole nation's prays and blessings covering our AIR FORCE at all the time.
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And these are the American F35 (JSF)

 

[hnuter555]

we need to invest in education so our future generations can compete in field of science and tech and reserach lets free ourself from foreign debt rest can be sorted easily
good bless pakistan

 

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'IDF warships cross Suez Canal from Mediterranean to Red Sea'
Jul. 14, 2009
yaakov katz and jpost.com staff , THE JERUSALEM POST
Two Sa'ar-5 class Navy ships reportedly crossed through the Suez Canal from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea on Tuesday to beef up Israel's naval presence in the Red Sea.

The passage of the ships comes several weeks after a Dolphin-class Navy submarine passed through the waterway for the first time.

One of the ships, the Hanit, already crossed the canal both ways in June, in what an Egyptian source said was the first case of a large Israeli warship using the strategic waterway, AFP reported.

The other ship to cross on Tuesday, the Eilat, was named after a destroyer sunk by Egypt with the loss of 47 lives shortly after the 1967 Six Day War.

It is thought that Israeli navy vessels did not previously use the canal for intelligence reasons, as they might be equipped with nuclear warheads that could be visible to the Egyptian authorities.

The report Tuesday was based on Arab media outlets and was not confirmed by the military.

The Dolphin submarine's crossing several weeks ago, escorted by Egyptian navy vessels as first reported by The Jerusalem Post, was intended as a message to Iran.

Previously, Israeli submarines took weeks to go round the whole of Africa to get to the Red Sea.