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On September 1, 2022, the United States Defense Department came to a contractual agreement with Boeing to provide Israel with four KC-46 refueling planes. According to Dave DeCamp of Antiwar.com, these planes are likely needed for a potential Israeli airstrike against Iran. Interestingly, these aircraft won’t be sent to Israel until 2025 at the earliest.
The deal is estimated to be around $927 million and Israel is buying aircraft from Boeing using the money from the $3.8 billion in military aid that the US government doles out to it on an annual basis.
DeCamp observed that Israel receives $3.3 billion in Foreign Military Financing, a State Department program that provides foreign governments with monetary grants to purchase US-manufactured military equipment…
