Israel wants to fast-track F-35 training:
"The Israeli air force wants to send its top pilots to the United States to start training on Lockheed Martin's stealthy F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to speed up deployment of the 20 planes the Israeli Defense Ministry ordered in October 2010.
The Pentagon has already given the green light for Israel to purchase another 55 of the advanced, fifth-generation fighter.
All told, that's enough to equip three squadrons with the F-35, forming a new strategic spearhead for Israel's air power, which is largely equipped with Lockheed Martin F-16Is and Boeing F-15Is."
