Israel is once again warning that it may have no choice but to preemptively attack Iran’s nuclear facilities to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons. And its air force is becoming more capable of executing such a challenging mission. Israel turned its F-15s into highly-capable bombers long before the U.S. – which originally used the jets solely as an air-to-air fighters in strict adherence to the mantra “not a pound for air-to-ground” – developed the Strike Eagle.
