Pentagon Accelerates F-35 Maintenance Support for Israel’s Missions
F-35A jet flies during a training mission in Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
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The Pentagon is accelerating maintenance and operations support for Israel’s fleet of F-35s, which are being used to attack Hamas and to stay on alert against other regional threats, Defense Department officials disclosed.
“Notably in Israel, we see surging sustainment support in operations that maximizes fleet readiness with 35 of 39 Israeli Air Force F-35A aircraft” exceeding “expectations in combat,” William LaPlante, the under secretary of defense for acquisition, said Tuesday in a prepared statement to a House Armed Services subcommittee outlining the $438 billion acquisition program’s 2023 accomplishments.