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Last update - 00:00 09/11/2006
IAF negotiates purchase of 100 F-35 fighter jets in $5 billion deal
By Amir Oren, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service

FORT WORTH, Texas- Israel Air Force is considering ordering 100 of Lockheed Martins' F-35 fighter jets at a cost of some 5 billion dollars to be delivered as of 2014.

In recent months, senior IAF officers and defense ministry officials have visited the U.S. in order to sign an advanced deal which would allow the aircraft to be with fitted with electronic and communication systems according to their specific requirements.

Sources report negotiations have been progressing despite the troubled relationship between the American and Israel defense industries which has been on edge since U.S. opposition caused the cancellation of a deal Israel signed to deliver China with four surveillance aircraft last year.
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  1.   The F-35 Is Not in the Developmental Stage 23:36  |  Joseph E . 09/11/06
  2.   kolakavot! 00:08  |  Avi 10/11/06
  3.   arms embargo on Israel NOW 00:10  |  anthony 10/11/06
  4.   more jets; more death 00:22  |  Ballistic 10/11/06
  5.   good to see money is spent well 00:39  |  zionist forever 10/11/06
  6.   Let the Israeli criminals have more weapons !!! 02:02  |  jensen 10/11/06
  7.   F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) 02:03  |  Details 10/11/06
  8.   How stupid can we become? 03:05  |  Wiktor 10/11/06
  9.   they will need them 05:16  |  neuticle 10/11/06
  10.   Funding F-35 deal 05:17  |  Victor 10/11/06
  11.   F-35 "purchase" ??? 05:21  |  Jim A 10/11/06
  12.   Hello Wiktor # 2 06:05  |  Eli 10/11/06
  13.   Feeding the Military Junta 06:06  |  Guy From NYC 10/11/06
  14.   Purchase? 06:07  |  Michael H. 10/11/06
  15.   IAF possible purchase of 100 F-35 Fighter 07:34  |  Donald W. Purciful 10/11/06
  16.   A Purchase? 10:27  |  seth 10/11/06
  17.   strange report 11:52  |  Roland 10/11/06
  18.   Hello Eli #12 16:49  |  JP 10/11/06
  19.   Take off your blindfolds! 19:20  |  Martha 10/11/06
  20.   purchase!!!!! 21:06  |  LEBANESE 10/11/06
  21.   #20-purchase!!!!! 22:17  |  Martha 10/11/06
  22.   Joseph E 00:35  |  Philippe 11/11/06
  23.   A world without israel 23:01  |  Samir Walter Sarkis 11/11/06
  24.   #23-a world without Israel 00:00  |  Martha 12/11/06
  25.   Iran Air strike coming soon... 01:20  |  James Stewart 12/11/06
  26.   # 23 03:21  |  Philippe 12/11/06
  27.   Jews and Gentiles 06:56  |  arzinia 12/11/06
  28.   F-35 Has been test flown over CHATT TN 02:30  |  Troy 14/11/06
  29.   martha #24 03:33  |  wolfman 06/02/07
  30.   F-35 to Israel 03:08  |  Heeny 30/01/08
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