American Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel & Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon met Friday to complete V-22 Osprey deal.
Israel the 1st to receive the aircraft from the U.S.
The deal for the Israel Defense Forces to acquire American V-22 Osprey aircraft was finalized during Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon’s meeting with his American counterpart Chuck Hagel on Friday at a defense ministers’ conference in Halifax, Canada.

V-22 Osprey – Photo: GettyImages
Ya’alon thanked Hagel for expediting the deal and said that the planes that will be supplied to Israel in the near future will further strengthen the IDF.