page_title: Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Israeli procurement
section_title: 2016
hierarchical_section_title: Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Israeli procurement / History / 2016
caption_attribution_description: עברית: מטס חיל האוויר, חופי תל אביב, צהרי יום העצמאות ה-71 למדינת ישראל English: Air Force Fly By, Beaches of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Israel 71st Independence day
context_page_description: Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Israeli procurement is the result of an agreement for the government of Israel to procure the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II for the Israeli Air Force as the F-35I "Adir". The first nine F-35s became operational with the Israeli Air Force in December 2017.
context_section_description: In June, the first Israeli F-35A was unveiled with Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman present. The plane was to undergo further testing and actually be delivered in December. At the time it was stated that Israel had ordered 33 F-35s for delivery through 2021, with an option for 17 more. In November the Prime Minister's Office announced Israel was exercising the 17 options, after a unanimous vote of the Security Cabinet in favor, taking the total number of ordered examples to 50.
  On December 12, 2016, Israel received its first shipment of the F-35I Adir. Two Adirs landed in Israel and were received in a ceremony at Nevatim Airbase. The arrival of the F-35I will make Israel the first country to have an operational F-35 squadron outside of the United States, once the squadron is properly equipped.
caption: IAF F-35I Adir in Israel's Yom Ha'atzmaut flypast 2019.
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