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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 585

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US President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 31, 2025. (Pool via AP)
April 2, 2025, 9:13 am
Trump preparing executive order to ease rules on weapons exports, sources say
Expected order may see rise in minimum deal values that trigger a congressional review of arms exports, potentially leading to sales bonanza for US defense companies
By Reuters
This graphical rendering provided by the US Air Force shows the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) Platform, the F-47. On Friday, March 21, 2025 (US Air Force via AP)
March 21, 2025, 9:31 pm
Trump announces Boeing wins contract for secretive F-47 future fighter jet
Advanced stealth jet, commissioned with Chinese threat in mind, likely named for 47th president; program expected to cost hundreds of billions of dollars
By TARA COPP
Astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose inside the vestibule between the International Space Station's Harmony module and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on June 13, 2024. (NASA via AP)
March 18, 2025, 6:27 pm
Stuck NASA astronauts finally head back to Earth after nine-month delay
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were trapped on the International Space Station after what was supposed to be a weeklong test flight, due to problems with Boeing Starliner capsule
By Marcia Dunn
An F-15I fighter jet of the IAF's 69th Squadron takes off from the Hatzerim Airbase in southern Israel to carry out a strike in Beirut against Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, September 27, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 7, 2024, 2:13 pm
Defense Ministry signs $5.2 billion deal to buy 25 advanced F-15IA fighter jets
US-financed agreement will see Boeing supply 4-6 jets a year starting in 2031, with option for 25 more of aircraft that have enhanced range and payload capacity
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
The empty Boeing Starliner capsule sits at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, Sept. 6, 2024, after undocking from the International Space Station. (Boeing via AP)
September 7, 2024, 12:36 pm
2 astronauts left behind in space as Boeing capsule deemed unsafe returns to Earth empty
After thruster failures and helium leaks, Boeing insisted extensive testing showed Starliner was safe, but NASA disagreed and booked February flight with SpaceX instead
By Marcia Dunn
Astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose inside the vestibule between the International Space Station's Harmony module and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on June 13, 2024. (NASA via AP)
August 24, 2024, 9:41 pm
NASA says SpaceX to retrieve two astronauts because of risks with Boeing capsule
Having entered orbit for what was supposed to be a weeklong test flight, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams now set to return to Earth only in February
By Marcia Dunn
An El Al plane arrives from France at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, August 1, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg / Flash90)
August 15, 2024, 5:06 pm
El Al’s profits soar as foreign carriers’ cancellations give it market dominance
National airline reports $147 million earnings in second quarter, up 80% on previously record-breaking Q1; firm has faced accusations of taking advantage of situation to hike prices
By ToI Staff
Illustrative - A Boeing 707 refueling plane and C-130 Hercules transport aircraft demonstrate aerial refueling at a graduation ceremony for soldiers who completed the Israeli Air Force's flight course, at the Hatzerim Air Base in the Negev Desert, June 28, 2016. (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)
April 30, 2024, 8:51 am
Portland university ‘pauses’ Boeing ties amid Gaza protests, but students won’t budge
As Portland State University president promises to hold open forum in May to discuss donations from aerospace giant, students refuse to vacate encampment blocking campus library
By ToI Staff
File: The Air France Concorde F-BTSD-registered aircraft, in 1978. (AP Photo/Air France)
August 28, 2023, 6:58 pm
NASA explores development of supersonic passenger jet
Space agency grants contracts to develop concepts for airliner that could make New York-London flight in about 90 minutes
By Michael Horovitz
A US AFCENT F-15 fighter jet is seen at the Nevatim Airbase, January 5, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 20, 2023, 1:19 pm
Senior Boeing official in Israel to push sale of advanced F-15 jets for Iran strike
Ted Colbert meets PM Netanyahu and defense minister Gallant, says trip shows firm’s commitment to supporting ‘long arm of Israel,’ with F-15IA jets and KC-46 tankers
By Emanuel Fabian
In this photo released by the US Air Force, an Israeli Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle flies in formation with a US Air Force B-1B Lancer over Israel as part of a deterrence flight Saturday, October 30, 2021. (US Air Force/Senior Airman Jerreht Harris via AP)
January 21, 2023, 1:07 pm
Israel said to send formal request to US for 25 advanced F-15-EX fighter jets
Report says IAF would need the powerful warplanes to carry munitions in a potential strike on Iran’s heavily defended nuclear sites; not likely to receive jets before 2028
By ToI Staff
A US Air Force Boeing KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling plane connects to a F-35 fighter jet over California, January 22, 2019. (US Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner)
September 1, 2022, 7:01 pm
US inks deal to sell Israel 4 refueling planes needed for potential Iran strike
Boeing KC-46’s to arrive in 2025 at the earliest; deal to cost Israel nearly $1 billion, with funds coming from military aid Washington provides to Jerusalem
By Emanuel Fabian
Customers walk at an Apple Premium reseller inside the Moscow GUM State Department store in Moscow, Russia, Nov. 28, 2014. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)
March 2, 2022, 10:37 pm
ExxonMobil, Apple, Boeing cut ties with Moscow over Ukraine invasion
Companies are the latest US giants to drop operations in Russia; ExxonMobil to pull out of offshore oilfield, Apple to halt all sales, Boeing won’t service jets
By AFP
Ido Nehushtan (Gideon Markowicz/Flash 90)
September 29, 2021, 2:34 pm
Boeing Israel taps former air force chief as next president
Ido Nehushtan to lead local branch of the multinational defense contractor, replacing David Ivry after 18 years
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: US Vice President Joe Biden addresses workers and staff after a tour of the Boeing Aerostructures Australia plant in Melbourne, Australia on July 18, 2016. (Paul Crock/Pool Photo via AP)
May 26, 2021, 1:46 am
Biden moves forward with missile deal to Israel despite progressive opposition
State Department grants Boeing commercial license for $735 million sale of precision-guided missiles despite attempts by some Democrats to pass resolutions blocking the move
By Jacob Magid
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