Alenia Aermacchi delivers first two M-346 aircraft to the Israeli Air Force

The first two advanced trainer M-346 produced for the Israeli Air Force (IAF) have been delivered to the Hatzerim Israeli Air Force Base, which will gradually replace the TA-4s currently operated by the IAF. In July 2012, Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, was awarded a contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defence (IMOD) to supply 30 M-346 advanced jet trainer aircraft and to include ground based training systems in collaboration with other Israeli and International companies.