U.S. Air Force F-15EX Eagle II fighter jets fly in formation over the Gulf of Mexico on Nov. 21, 2025. Israel will receive at least 25 F-15s as part of an $8.6 billion contract announced Monday by the Pentagon. (Blake Wiles/U.S. Air Force)
Israel will receive more than two dozen F-15s in accordance with a contract signed this week with American aerospace firm Boeing, according to the Pentagon.
The $8.6 billion deal was announced Monday shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump met in Florida to discuss the next steps of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
Boeing will deliver at least 25 of the fighter jets over the next decade, and Israel has the option to order another 25, the Defense Department said in a statement.
The F-15IA is Israel’s model of the Boeing F-15EX Eagle, which can carry hypersonic weapons and has a greater payload capacity than any other fighter jet, according to the company.
A U.S. Air Force F-15EX Eagle II flies over the Gulf of Mexico on Sept. 16, 2025. The U.S. awarded Boeing an $8.6 billion contract to supply Israel with 25 F-15 fighter jets, the Pentagon said Monday. (Jacob Stephens/U.S. Air Force)
The ceasefire halted two years of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Islamic militant group Hamas, which had been in control of the Gaza Strip.
Since the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, that started the war, the U.S. has provided at least $16.3 billion in direct military aid to Israel, according to the Council on Foreign relations.
After the meeting with Netanyahu, Trump told reporters that the U.S. may have to launch new attacks if Iran looks to reconstitute its nuclear program.
American airstrikes in June targeted several key nuclear enrichment sites using “bunker buster” bombs. At the time, the Pentagon said the Iranian enrichment sites had been completely obliterated by the operation.
But new concerns have arisen that Tehran may be continuing nuclear development outside those facilities, The Associated Press reported Monday.
“Now I hear that Iran is trying to build up again,” Trump said. “And if they are, we’re going to have to knock them down.”
