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3 more advanced F-35I fighters to arrive Sunday
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsrael’s fleet of F-35I Adir jet fighters is about to grow to five planes. The IDF announces Thursday that it expects three more of the planes to land in Israel on Sunday afternoon, joining the two initial planes that have been operating out of the Nevatim Air Force Base in the south since December.
The new Adirs, the IDF adds, will take part in the traditional Air Force fly-over of the country on Independence Day, which falls on May 2 this year.
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the most advanced fighter-bomber ever made by the US, is a stealth plane capable of carrying out operations over vast distances.
Israel has committed to buying 50 of the planes at some $100 million per plane.
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