{"id":261691,"date":"2026-05-24T01:09:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/24\/israel-boosts-air-power-massive-f-35-and-f-15-jet-expansion-underway\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T01:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:09:20","slug":"israel-boosts-air-power-massive-f-35-and-f-15-jet-expansion-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/military\/2026\/05\/24\/israel-boosts-air-power-massive-f-35-and-f-15-jet-expansion-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Boosts Air Power: Massive F-35 and F-15 Jet Expansion Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translation result<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-union.tenbizt.com\/contents\/crawler-dev\/image\/2026\/05\/CP-2023-0299\/image-a365d563-8c5b-4885-a65f-dd78d7f73232.png\" alt=\"\uc774\uc2a4\ub77c\uc5d8\uad70\uc774\" \uc6b4\uc6a9\ud558\ub294 f-35 \uc804\ud22c\uae30. \uc774\uc2a4\ub77c\uc5d8\uacf5\uad70 \uc81c\uacf5> Israel\u2019s Defense Ministry said it has decided to buy additional F-35I fighters from U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin and F-15IA fighters from Boeing to bolster its air capabilities. <\/p>\n<p> On May 3 (local time), the ministry said the purchases will cost the equivalent of several hundred hundred-million shekels (trillions of KRW, roughly several hundred million to a few billion USD) and that the Defense Procurement Committee recently approved the plan. The additional buys amount to one squadron each of the F-35I and the F-15IA. Once deliveries are complete, the Israeli Air Force is expected to operate about 100 F-35I stealth fighters and roughly 50 F-15IA jets, the Israeli-modified version of the next-generation F-15EX. Israel currently operates 48 of the initial 50 F-35Is it ordered. In 2023 it placed an order for 25 more F-35Is and in 2024 ordered 25 F-15IAs; those deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2028 and 2031, respectively. <\/p>\n<p> In a statement, Israeli Defense Minister Katz said the recent \u201cRoaring Lion\u201d operation \u2014 Israel\u2019s name for the Iran-initiated attack that began Feb. 28 \u2014 \u201conce again demonstrated the overwhelming power of the Israeli Air Force and its decisive role in defending Israel.\u201d He added that lessons from the operation require continued force buildup to ensure air superiority for decades to come. <\/p>\n<p> The ministry also said last week that two cargo ships and several aircraft carrying 6,500 tons of U.S.-made military equipment \u2014 including thousands of rounds of ammunition and light-armored multipurpose vehicles \u2014 arrived in Israel. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel&#8217;s Defense Ministry announces plans to purchase additional F-35I and F-15IA fighter jets 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