![]() Customers for US fighters are forced to acquire earlier designs such as the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon or the newer F-35 Lightning II, which contains technology from the F-22 but was designed to be cheaper, more flexible, and available for export. ![]() ![]() ![]() Under US federal law, the F-22 cannot be exported to anyone, to protect its stealth technology and numerous classified features. The defense establishment officially declined to comment on the matter, but officials confirmed unofficially that Israel had approached the Pentagon asking to reexamine the possibility of removing obstacles to the sale of the aircraft to the Israeli Air Force, to preserve the IDF’s superiority in the air.
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