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Jerusalem, May 3 (IANS) Israel's Ministry of Defence (IMOD) plan to simultaneously acquire two new fighter squadrons: a fourth F-35 squadron from Lockheed Martin, and a second F-15IA squadron from Boeing, was approved by the Ministerial Committee on Procurement, the Ministry said on Sunday. The procurement was bought before the committee by Defence Minister Israel Katz and IMOD Director General Major General (Reserve) Amir Baram. The press statement by the Ministry said that the procurement is valued at tens of billions of INS (new Israeli shekel currency), which includes full fleet integration into the Israeli Air Force, spare parts, logistics…