The United States delivered five advanced F-15 jet fighter planes to Israel on Wednesday.
The supersonic aircraft, flown here by U.S. Air Force pilots, are the vanguard of 20 F-15s Washington promised Israel in appreciation of its restraint under Scud missile attack by Iraq during the Persian Gulf War.
The planes, taken from active U.S. Air Force stocks, were said to be in top combat condition and equipped with state-of-the-art systems.
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