albion
11-03-2004, 11:43 AM
http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/aircraft/f-15i/f-15i_2.jpg
The F-15 Eagle is an all-weather, extremely maneuverable, tactical fighter designed to permit the U.S. Air Force to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-15_Eagle
In September of 1997 the first Ra'am - as the F-15I's are called in Hebrew - was completed at Boeing's assembly line in the US.
http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/air...-15i/F-15I.html (http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/aircraft/f-15i/F-15I.html)
Lockheed Martin's Israeli F-16I Sufa (‘Storm')
http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/air...-16i/F-16I.html (http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/aircraft/f-16i/F-16I.html)
The Official Website of IAF
http://www.iaf.org.il/Templates/HomePage/H...ge.aspx?lang=EN (http://www.iaf.org.il/Templates/HomePage/HomePage.aspx?lang=EN)
December 24, 2003
Yesterday, the first of 102 F-16I's ordered by Israel flew for the first time at Forth-Worth, Texas. The flight took 55 minutes, during which the basic operations of the plane were checked, including the flight control system and the rest of the avionics.
A month and a half ago there was the roll-out ceremony of the F-16I at Forth-Worth. In the next few months the first four planes are expected to touch down in Israel , and by 2008 the IAF is expected to have recieved all of the 102 F-16I's.
February 19, 2004
The first two jets took off from Lockheed Martin's manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas, yesterday, and after a stopover in the Azores, arrived in Israel today. A welcoming ceremony at the Negev base was attended by IAF Commander Maj.-Gen. Dan Halutz, President Moshe Katsav, former prime minister Ehud Barak, and former president and IAF commander Ezer Weizman.
Subsequent deliveries of the jet will occur at a rate of two per month over the next four years. When delivery of the jets is completed, the Sufa will constitute the majority of IAF's fighting force. The IAF's A-4 Skyhawk ground-attack and F-4 Phantom strike aircraft will be gradually withdrawn from service.
Israel will have a total of 362 F-16 jets, the largest fleet in any country in the world behind the United States. The new "I" model will give added capabilities to the IAF and will complement the squadron of F-15Is Israel received at the end of the 1990s.
The F-15 Eagle is an all-weather, extremely maneuverable, tactical fighter designed to permit the U.S. Air Force to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-15_Eagle
In September of 1997 the first Ra'am - as the F-15I's are called in Hebrew - was completed at Boeing's assembly line in the US.
http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/air...-15i/F-15I.html (http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/aircraft/f-15i/F-15I.html)
Lockheed Martin's Israeli F-16I Sufa (‘Storm')
http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/air...-16i/F-16I.html (http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/aircraft/f-16i/F-16I.html)
The Official Website of IAF
http://www.iaf.org.il/Templates/HomePage/H...ge.aspx?lang=EN (http://www.iaf.org.il/Templates/HomePage/HomePage.aspx?lang=EN)
December 24, 2003
Yesterday, the first of 102 F-16I's ordered by Israel flew for the first time at Forth-Worth, Texas. The flight took 55 minutes, during which the basic operations of the plane were checked, including the flight control system and the rest of the avionics.
A month and a half ago there was the roll-out ceremony of the F-16I at Forth-Worth. In the next few months the first four planes are expected to touch down in Israel , and by 2008 the IAF is expected to have recieved all of the 102 F-16I's.
February 19, 2004
The first two jets took off from Lockheed Martin's manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas, yesterday, and after a stopover in the Azores, arrived in Israel today. A welcoming ceremony at the Negev base was attended by IAF Commander Maj.-Gen. Dan Halutz, President Moshe Katsav, former prime minister Ehud Barak, and former president and IAF commander Ezer Weizman.
Subsequent deliveries of the jet will occur at a rate of two per month over the next four years. When delivery of the jets is completed, the Sufa will constitute the majority of IAF's fighting force. The IAF's A-4 Skyhawk ground-attack and F-4 Phantom strike aircraft will be gradually withdrawn from service.
Israel will have a total of 362 F-16 jets, the largest fleet in any country in the world behind the United States. The new "I" model will give added capabilities to the IAF and will complement the squadron of F-15Is Israel received at the end of the 1990s.