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| A KC-46 in action Photo Boeing |
Israel will buy four Boeing KC-46A refuelling tankers for its air force, the Israeli government and the U.S. defence contractor said on Thursday, a $927 million deal with delivery of the first planes expected in 2025, writes Dan Williams from Reuters.
The tankers would replace the decades-old, repurposed Boeing 707s that Israel currently uses for mid-air refuelling and may help it signal seriousness about the possibility of a long-threatened strike against Iran's nuclear facilities and aid Israel's growing agression to neighbouring states.
Thanking the Pentagon for what he described as its expedited approval of the KC-46A purchase, Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz said the tankers would "enable the IDF (Israel Defence Forces) to face security challenges near and far".
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| A KC-46 in action Photo Boeing |
Writing by Dan Williams - Reuters.