Without Israeli innovation, the F-35 simply wouldn't be as good. Period.
Whenever an F-35 Lightning II takes to the skies, it carries more than just cutting-edge American technology. It is powered by groundbreaking Israeli engineering and combat-tested experience that have completely redefined modern warfare.
According to reports, the CEO of Lockheed Martin noted that the operational data and technological advancements provided by Israel are worth billions of dollars to the company.
Israel plays a dual role in the most advanced and expensive aircraft program in history, serving as both a critical component supplier for the global fleet and the developer of exclusive upgrades for its own customized version, the F-35I Adir.
For every F-35 aircraft worldwide:
* Tactical Wings (Israel Aerospace Industries): The IAI Lahav plant manufactures essential wing components, including wing skins and outer wing boxes, for the global supply chain. Utilizing advanced composite materials and state-of-the-art technology, IAI has already delivered hundreds of wing sets to the production line in the US.
* The Smart Helmet (Elbit Systems): Known as the eyes of the pilot, the revolutionary Gen III helmet worn by every F-35 pilot in the world was developed and produced through a joint venture between Elbit and Collins Aerospace. It projects flight and targeting data directly onto the visor, allowing pilots to look straight through the floor of the aircraft with a 360-degree view.
Exclusive upgrades for the Israeli F-35I Adir:
* Breaking Range Limits (Elbit Cyclone): This homegrown development under a Ministry of Defense contract is based on existing fuel tank designs for the F-16. These external fuel tanks are engineered to dramatically extend the flight range of the Adir for long-distance missions while minimizing the impact on its radar-evading stealth profile. This is an engineering upgrade unique to the Israeli Air Force.
* Independent Systems: Israel is the only nation permitted to install its own electronic warfare software and systems on the jet, allowing it to effectively jam and neutralize the most advanced anti-aircraft threats in the region.
* The Combat Bonus: The Israeli Air Force was the first in the world to use the F-35 in real-world combat operations and to achieve operational shootdowns. The data, feedback, and maintenance insights gathered from actual combat are fed directly back to Lockheed Martin, helping to fix bugs and upgrade software for the entire global fleet.
The United States built an incredible technological platform, but Israel’s manufacturing expertise and battlefield experience have turned it into a far more lethal, mature, and high-performing weapon system.
Esta jovem atleta italiana, de 19 anos, bateu um recorde de salto triplo que durava 24 anos.
Mas ela recebeu da mídia 10% do tempo dedicado a outra atleta italiana de origem africana.
Isso é RACISMO.
Vamos expor os racistas.
Over the last 48 hours of “ceasefire” Hezbollah has attacked Israel 72 times, including:
• 25 assaults
• 63 rockets
• 1 missile
• 7 UAV strikes
• 2 IED explosions
• 1 infiltration of 5 terrorists
Now Iran cancels peace talks because Israel responded.
See the game here?
I appreciate that quite a few American generals are picking up the phone tonight to officers in Israel — and apologizing.
Mr. President of the United States,
Politics is fine.
I don’t get involved in wars between politicians.
But today, in front of the leaders of the G7, when you spoke about the State of Israel and the IDF as if they were some auxiliary force that stood by and changed tires for American army buses, there you crossed a line.
So let’s refresh our memory for a moment.
For 12 days, the State of Israel fought alone against Iran.
I repeat: alone.
Israeli Air Force planes, Air Force pilots, IDF fighters, the Mossad, intelligence and operational systems — operated deep inside Iran, with courage, precision and capability that has almost no parallel in the world.
While you were sitting in the White House and asking what was happening, were they winning and when it was appropriate to enter the picture — our children were in the air, on the ground, in operations, under fire.
These are our children.
These are our fighters.
This is the Israel Defense Forces.
The same army that in the past three years has carried out things that giant countries only dream of carrying out:
In Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, in covert operations, deep strikes, in intelligence, in the air, at sea and on land.
The pager operations.
The precise strikes in the heart of the enemy.
The flights of thousands of kilometers and a safe return.
The ability to strike, disappear, and return home.
And you stand before the world and talk about them as if they were a small appendage in an American campaign?
What terrible things you say about the IDF!
And in your speech we understood something else:
That the stock market and the price of oil are more important to you than the lives of Israeli citizens.
So here is something that may be new to you:
In the leadership in Israel, any leadership that will be in Israel, the lives of Israelis are more important.
And the leadership that will not act for the lives of Israelis — the Israelis will replace it.
Israel is not a single leader.
Israelis are a nation of hundreds of opinions and thousands of thoughts.
But if there is something that unites us Israelis, if there is something that we will never agree to give up — it is that no president, no matter who he is, will come and harm our children, the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces.
I do not disparage America.
I do not disparage the American military.
On the contrary — I greatly appreciate the strength, the alliance, and the historic contribution.
I am sure that tonight there are quite a few senior officers in the United States military whose stomachs are turning.
They and the entire world know exactly what the IDF did.
They know exactly who carried the weight.
And so I appreciate that some of them, right now, are picking up the phone to their friends in the IDF and quietly telling them:
Don’t take this to heart.
We know the truth.
We know what you did.
We know who you are.
Because you can argue about politics.
You can argue about leaders.
You can argue about credit.
But there is one thing that must not be done — and that is to diminish the “most effective ally in the world,” as your defense minister says.
The Israel Defense Forces is one of the bravest, most precise, most creative, and most powerful armies in the world.
And whoever tries to diminish it
is mainly diminishing himself.
The people of Israel and the Israel Defense Forces are the Israeli spirit and Israel’s victory will not lie 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱
These are not my words.. the person I shared it from doesn’t remember who wrote it! Anyway, maybe you know who… it is excellent!
CHILLS: The U.S. Men’s National Team belted out “Take Me Home, Country Roads” accompanied by 70,000 patriots in Seattle after advancing to Round 32 at the FIFA World Cup.
Incredible moment.
Let’s go Team USA!
Keep bringing home those wins 🇺🇸🔥
Definitely not a fan of @VP or @POTUS & their Israel commentary.
Goldie - IF THE ARABS LAYED DOWN THEIR ARMS THERE WOULD BE PEACE. IF ISRAEL LAYED DOWN THEIR ARMS - NO ISRAEL.
@VP NO FUCKING WAY WILL I VOTE FOR YOU FOR PRESIDENT.
GOP Rep. Randy Fine: Vance’s comments on Israel ‘inappropriate and frankly disgusting’ https://t.co/EO0gvnnffw
@Dakota_Meyer MOU is meaning less. @VP TRASHES ISRAEL. HEZBOLLAH (Iran behind attack ) ATTACKS AND DESTROYED ISRAEL TANK 4 DEAD. Israel retaliates. Israel blamed. Iran break off negotiations. Which I bet, extends the 60 days.
How many weeks for them to have
a. weapons grade uranium?
b. Put the war head on on " ICBM" and say HI to London or Paris?
The same people criticizing negotiations today spent twenty years defending a strategy that cost thousands of American lives, trillions of dollars, and ended with the Taliban back in power.
Forgive me if I don’t take lectures on “strength” from the architects of failure.
@CynicalPublius I am a little old country boy and this MOU calls for Israel & Hezbollah cease fire. They @potus berates Israel. Hezbollah take out an Israel tank - four killed. Israel retalates & they are at fault. Negotiation haulted by Iran because of Israel.
Iran, accoring to INTEL, still has gas centrifuges opertional. How long to get weapons grade Uranium? MOU gives them time to delay and produce. Several weeks. A month to arm a missle.
MOU is a meanless pice of shit!!!
People just don't get it.
They don't understand what a "Memorandum of Understanding" ("MOU") actually is.
Trump is a businessman first and foremost, and I'm a corporate lawyer who has done a lot of financings and mergers, so I think I get where he is coming from.
An MOU is merely an initial framework for deal negotiations. MOUs are generally non-binding, and they simply chart a path towards a definitive agreement.
Deals fall through all the time even after an MOU is signed, and if the deal actually closes, about 95% of the time the definitive agreement differs materially from the MOU based on diligence and further negotiations.
Trump knows this, and it's how he thinks.
People just don't get it.
They don't understand what a "Memorandum of Understanding" ("MOU") actually is.
Trump is a businessman first and foremost, and I'm a corporate lawyer who has done a lot of financings and mergers, so I think I get where he is coming from.
An MOU is merely an initial framework for deal negotiations. MOUs are generally non-binding, and they simply chart a path towards a definitive agreement.
Deals fall through all the time even after an MOU is signed, and if the deal actually closes, about 95% of the time the definitive agreement differs materially from the MOU based on diligence and further negotiations.
Trump knows this, and it's how he thinks.
Iran Suspends Entire 60-Day Negotiation Process With the U.S.
Iran has halted its entire 60-day negotiation framework with the United States after accusing Washington of violating the very first clause of the recently signed MOU.
According to Fars and Al-Mayadeen, Iranian officials argue Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon less than 24 hours after the agreement was electronically signed constituted a direct breach of U.S. obligations under the deal.
Iran’s delegation was reportedly preparing to depart for Switzerland for the first round of talks when Tehran abruptly canceled the trip. Iranian officials now say they will not fulfill their own commitments until they are fully assured Israeli attacks on Lebanon have stopped and the U.S. has adhered to the agreement’s first-clause requirements.
The first round of U.S.-Iran talks is now effectively off the table.