October 7

What happened on October 7 in aviation and space history.

• October 7, 2010

  Israel signs the letter of offer and acceptance for its first 20 F-35

  Institutional — Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak signed the letter of offer and acceptance for twenty F-35As, the programme's first export contract through foreign military sales. The deal included the integration of Israeli systems into the airframe, a concession the United States granted to no other customer and which gave rise to the F-35I "Adir" variant.