I am actualy surprised that Israel requested the F-22. Israel has a habbit of piking aircraft with moltirole capabillities. I know that the F-22 can drop bombs but I can imagine it to be a piss poor ground attack platform with its blistering speed, low AAA protection (aside from stealth) and low a-g loudouts. I think a Rafal or Grippen would suit Israel far better. On the other hand it is a superb A-A fighter and israel has taken dedicated fighters and transformed them into ground attack aircraft (mirage and F-15A) Israel also has a long standing arms agreement with America and such a deal tho lucrative leaves Israel with few options for buying aircraft. They are prety much limited to buying at least one american bird. So i guess there wont be any IAF flankers grippens typhoons or rafals. I would like to see israel try to pull of another kfir or lavi like project like an f-15 active varient.