Editing Israel Defense Forces (section)

===United States===
{{Main|Israel–United States military relations}}
[[File:Gen. Martin E. Dempsey meets with Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz.jpg|thumb|Former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz (right) meets with [[Martin Dempsey]] (left), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.]]
[[File:US Navy 050415-M-9114Y-008 Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (special operations capable) along Israeli Defense Force soldiers fast rope from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter.jpg|thumb|Israeli soldiers training alongside the [[26th Marine Expeditionary Unit]] on the [[USS Kearsarge (LHD-3)|USS ''Kearsarge'']]]]

In 1983, the United States and Israel established a [[Joint Political Military Group]], which convenes twice a year. Both the U.S. and Israel participate in joint military planning and combined exercises and have collaborated on military research and weapons development. Additionally the [[Military of the United States|U.S. military]] maintains two classified, pre-positioned [[War Reserve Stock]]s in Israel valued at $493&nbsp;million.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}} Israel has the official distinction of being an American [[Major non-NATO ally]].
Since 1976, Israel had been the largest annual recipient of U.S. foreign assistance. In 2009, Israel received $2.55&nbsp;billion in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) grants from the Department of Defense.<ref name="fas2006-10"/> All but 26% of this military aid is for the purchase of military hardware from American companies only.<ref name="fas2006-10">{{cite web|first=Jeremy M. |last=Sharp |title=CRS report for Congress: U.S. foreign aid to Israel |publisher=[[Federation of American Scientists]] |date=4 December 2009 |access-date=8 June 2010 |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731092044/http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf |archive-date=31 July 2015 }}</ref>

In October 2012, the United States and Israel began their biggest joint air and missile defence exercise, known as [[2012 US-Israel military exercise|Austere Challenge 12]], involving around 3,500 U.S. troops in the region along with 1,000 IDF personnel.<ref>[http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/10/2012102195738284839.html US and Israel launch joint military drill] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208205129/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/10/2012102195738284839.html |date=8 February 2015 }}, Al Jazeera 21 October 2012</ref> Germany and Britain also participated.<ref>{{cite web|last=Capaccio |first=Tony |url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-15/u-dot-s-dot-israeli-military-exercise-sending-message-to-iran |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017063145/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-15/u-dot-s-dot-israeli-military-exercise-sending-message-to-iran |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 October 2012 |title=U.S.-Israeli Military Exercise Sending Message to Iran |work=BusinessWeek |date=15 October 2012 |access-date=20 July 2013}}</ref>

Since mid-2017, the United States has operated an anti-missile system in the [[Negev]] region of Southern Israel, which is manned by 120 US Army personnel. It is a facility used by the U.S. inside a larger [[Mashabei Sadeh|Mashabim]] Israeli Air Force base.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-us-establishes-permanent-military-base-in-israel/|title=In first, US establishes permanent military base in Israel|last=Gross|first=Judah Ari|website=www.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-21|archive-date=10 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510023119/http://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-us-establishes-permanent-military-base-in-israel/|url-status=live}}</ref>