WATCH: F-35 or F-15X? IDF struggles to decide between two fighter jets

Billed as the most advanced fighter jet in the world, the F-35 was greeted with much fanfare when it first arrived in Israel.

Nevertheless, Mako news site reports that on the eve of deciding its budget and building a multiyear strategy, the IDF is struggling between more of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 or Boeing’s F-15X, an updated version of the venerable F-15.