The Americans restrict the access of Israeli pilots with foreign passports to the F35 planes - voila! news

2023-01-06T12:29:59.819Z

The Ministry of Defense and the intelligence authorities in the United States prevent IDF soldiers who also hold foreign passports from flying with the "Adir" plane. This is due to fear of sharing sensitive technologies and information. International sources said that the Air Force accepted the stipulation - and gave up in advance on assigning suitable pilots to the formation

In the video: the departure of F-35 aircraft from the USA to Israel (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

The American Department of Defense and the intelligence authorities in the United States do not allow Israeli Air Force pilots and squadrons in possession of foreign passports to fly the 35F planes, for reasons of information security and fear of technology leaks.

The United States' move stems from an expanding approach to information security and protection of American interests.

International sources said that the Air Force accepted the stipulation - giving up in advance on assigning suitable pilots and squadrons to the "Adir" aircraft array.

It should be noted that the limit is expanding with the number of Israelis who have recently been equipped with European passports.

The Hadir plane is a single-seat plane - a multi-mission stealth plane used for attack and intelligence gathering - and the only one with a compartment for storing weapons that cannot be detected.

Its cost is 85-100 million dollars per unit.

"Adir" plane (F35) (photo: official website, IDF spokesman)

The aircraft is capable of reaching a speed of Mach 1.6, and its flight range is 2,200 km. The purchase deal from the United States included a total of 50 aircraft, and in the future Israel may decide to purchase 25 additional aircraft. In total, Israel will have three operational squadrons within a decade.

Meanwhile, and regardless, Officials in the American government recently contacted the security system and the IDF and expressed concern and reservations that the IDF had equipped cars made in China for the use of officers. Apart from the commercial-patriotic interest, the Americans expressed a fear that sensitive information from the cell phones of the officers in the Chinese cars with an advanced multimedia system would be tagged and saved in the "cloud". the Chinese in a way that will serve Chinese intelligence. The compromise found is that the information will be transferred from the systems to a protected and secure Israeli "cloud".