Boeing Awarded $8.6B Contract To Supply 25 F-15IA Jets To Israel

The U.S. Department of War awarded Boeing a deal valued $8.6 billion to produce 25 F-15IA fighter jets for Israel, with an option for an additional 25 aircraft.

“This contract provides for the design, integration, instrumentation, test, production, and delivery of 25 new F-15IA aircraft for the Israeli Air Force with an option for an additional 25 F-15IA aircraft,” the Pentagon said in a statement today.

Work is expected to be completed by December 31, 2035. The Pentagon said $840 million in FMS funds were obligated at the time of the award, with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio acting as the contracting authority.

The announcement followed meetings in Florida between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as closed-door talks between Netanyahu and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Israeli F-15 jets are used extensively in airstrikes in Gaza and were also reported to have been involved in a high-profile strike targeting senior Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, in September 2025. Qatar is a sovereign state and a key mediator in Israel-Hamas talks.

In Gaza, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) uses the F-15I “Ra’am” for long-range air-to-ground missions against tunnels, command centers, and weapons sites, often alongside F-16 and F-35 aircraft.

The U.S. remains Israel’s largest arms supplier, despite ongoing pro-Palestinian and anti-war protests across the country calling for an end to Washington’s military support for Israel over its military operations in Gaza. Those demands have not resulted in policy changes under the Trump administration or the previous administration led by Joe Biden.