Ambassador Dan Shapiro, along with Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe Yaalon and other distinguished guests from the American and Israeli defense industries, inaugurated the production line where the wings of the F-35 Lightning II will be manufactured by Israel Aircraft Industries for the American Lockheed Martin. IAI is planning to produce 811 pairs of F-35 wings over a 10-15 year period. Delivery of the first wings will begin in mid-2015.