Purchasing them from Boeing with funds provided by US military aid...
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We could declare war on Russia, China and Iran simultaneously. We could drop plane loads of hundred dollars bills on them. We could bombard them with cheese to attract a billion mice. Or we could leave them alone.
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The deal is worth $927 million, and Israel is purchasing the planes from Boeing with money from the $3.8 billion in military aid it receives from the US each year. Of that amount, Israel receives $3.3 billion in Foreign Military Financing, a State Department program that gives foreign governments money to purchase US-made military equipment.
Israel has the option to order four more KC-46s in the future. The deal has been in the works for a long time, and Israel has previously asked the US if it could accelerate the delivery of the planes, but the US has denied the request. The US military would need to give up its spot in line to receive KC-46s in order for Israel to receive the planes earlier.
Horse posted on 2022-09-02 12:04:35 Reply Private Reply