The American F-15 jet fighters that Israel has bought from the U.S. will embody changes suggested by the Israel Air Force that will improve the plane’s performance, informed sources disclosed. They said that the U.S. Air Force was seriously considering incorporating these changes into its own operational F-15s.
Israel ordered 25 of the planes from the McDonnel Douglas Corp. Three were delivered in December and the rest, with the requested changes, will be delivered late this year and in 1978. The U.S. is said to expect additional orders for the F-15 but the Israel Air Force prefers to wait for the F-16 which is more advanced and cheaper.
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