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Israel to Purchase Second Squadron of U.S. F-35 Stealth Jets
(Jerusalem Post) Yaakov Lappin - Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon and U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel finalized the terms of Israel's purchase of a second squadron of F-35 fighter jets in recent days. The first batch of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets is due in Israel in 2016, and 19 jets will arrive in Israel by 2018. From 2019, jets of the second squadron will begin arriving.