There are no more tensions between the US and Israeli defense establishments over Israel’s sharing of sensitive military technology with third parties, says the Pentagon. Israel has agreed to consult the US before selling weapons technology to China—or any other nation—according to a joint DOD-Israeli Ministry of Defense statement issued Tuesday. The agreement “begins to restore confidence in the technology security area,” reads the statement. It goes on, additional steps to “restore confidence fully” will be taken in the coming months.
The Air Force overall reduced its size by 120 aircraft in fiscal year 2021, but kept about the same number of fighter, bomber and attack aircraft, according to data supplied by the service. The F-35 fleet saw the biggest increase while the B-1B bomber fleet saw the largest decline.