erj-145mech
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It is not the first time that the US has bought a foreign airplane.. BaE Hawk, aka T-45, and the English Electic Canbera Bomber, aka B-57. The B-57 was actually built under license though and both were British products if that makes you feel better. I can't think of anything else off of the top of my head.
The US has fought with French aircraft in the past, ie, Eddie Rickenbacker had some confirmed kills in a Nieuport in WW I. So this actually goes back to the beginning of US involvement in aerial warfare.