The conflict in the Middle East continues unabated, with Israel bombing the historic city of Baalbek and other neighboring towns in eastern Lebanon. During this conflict, Benjamin Netanyahu’s troops demonstrate their great military and military power, using bombs against bunkers and powerful fighters, such as the F-35. Now, to their vast arsenal, they will add around 25 latest generation F-15IA fighter jets from the United States.
Israel will receive 25 new generation F-15IA fighters produced by Boeing after signing an agreement with the Israeli Ministry of Defense for 5.2 billion dollars (approximately 4.83 billion euros at the exchange rate) financed by the American military aid, according to the agency. . EFE. As agreed, the planes They will be supplied in batches of four to six per year, starting in 2031.
The agreement is part of a broader US aid package approved by Joe Biden’s administration and the US Congress earlier this year, which included an option for 25 additional aircraft. And negotiations on this concert took place yesterday between the mission of the Ministry of Defense in the United States and Boeing, in collaboration with the Israeli Air Force.
F-15EX fighter with afterburner engines.
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The new F-15IA aircraft is equipped with advanced weapon systems this will allow the army to “maintain its strategic superiority to face current and future challenges in the Middle East”, as the Ministry of Defense reports in a press release. This is the Israeli version of the F-15EX Eagle II, a two-seater multirole combat aircraft (equipped with a pilot and a weapons systems officer) which made its first flight in 2013.
The F-15EX, on which the F-15IA is based, is 19.44 meters long and has a wingspan of 13.04 meters. One of its main characteristics is its ability to carry out a speed of Mach 2.5, or approximately 2,655 kilometers per hour. It also has a flight ceiling of 18,000 meters and has a maximum range of 3,900 kilometers thanks to its external fuel tanks. As for weapons, it is equipped with a 20-millimeter M61A1 Vulcan internal rotary cannon, with a hopper with a capacity of 500 projectiles.
Likewise, the F-15EX has four weapon mounts in the wings, four more for AMRAAM air-to-air missiles in the fuselage, and six more that can be attached to fuel tanks located next to the fuselage. Its arsenal includes a variety of missiles, such as air-to-ground models, AIM-9X Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles, and bombs of different types, including guided. It also comes with an AN/APG-82(V)1 radar.
“This F-15 squadron, along with the third F-35 squadron acquired earlier this year, represents a historic improvement in our air power and strategic reachcapabilities that have been crucial during the current war,” said Eyal Zamir, director general of the Ministry of Defense.
