(Algemeiner) Yoram Ettinger - The U.S. does not give foreign aid to Israel - the U.S. makes an annual investment in Israel, giving U.S. taxpayers a return of several hundred percent. Israel serves as a battle-tested, cost-effective laboratory for the U.S. defense and aerospace industries. The Israeli Air Force flies Lockheed-Martin's F-16 and F-35 combat aircraft, providing Lockheed-Martin and the U.S. Air Force with invaluable information on operations, maintenance, and repairs, which is then used to manufacture a multitude of upgrades. The F-16 has been improved by several hundred Israeli-driven upgrades, sparing Lockheed-Martin years of research and development amounting to billions of dollars. Israeli experts have also trained U.S. personnel in neutralizing car bombs, suicide bombers, and IEDs. According to the late Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI), chairman of the Senate Appropriations and Intelligence Committees, the scope of Israeli intelligence shared with the U.S. exceeded that provided by all NATO countries combined. Israeli intelligence helped foil sinister plots against U.S. airliners and airports, and provided vital data on advanced Soviet/Russian military systems.
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