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On 12 December 2016, Israel received its first shipment of the F-35I Adir. Two Adirs landed in Israel and were received in a ceremony at Nevatim Airbase. [68] [69] The arrival of the F-35I was to make Israel the first country to have an operational F-35 squadron outside of the United States, once the squadron was properly equipped. [70] [71]
The F-35 was designed with three initial variants – the F-35A, a CTOL land-based version; the F-35B, a STOVL version capable of use either on land or on aircraft carriers; and the F-35C, a CATOBAR carrier-based version. Since then, there has been work on the design of nationally specific versions for Israel and Canada.
Watch as F-35I Adir fighter jets return to Nevatim Airbase in Israel after Iran’s direct missile attack in the early hours of Sunday (14 April).. Israel’s military spokesperson Rear Admiral ...
140 Squadron's and Israel's first two F-35I jets on its arrival at Nevatim Airbase, December 2016 140 Squadron of the Israeli Air Force (IAF) , also Golden Eagle Squadron , is an F-35I Adir squadron based at Nevatim Airbase in Israel .
The Israeli Air Force used F-15I Ra'am fighter jets to target Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon. The Israeli variant of Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle planes can fly up to 2,765 miles without refueling.
Photos and video have surfaced of an F-35C stealth fighter that crash-landed in the South China Sea on Monday. ... Someone has now leaked video of the accident for F-35C Lightning II of #USNavy's ...
The Joint Strike Fighter program was intended to replace the United States military General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet (excluding newer E/F "Super Hornet" variants) and McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II tactical fighter and attack aircraft, and meet anticipated performance expectation enhancements covering military ...
It operates just under 40 F-35I jets, a subvariant of the F-35A model, though this fleet is set to expand to 75 in the coming years. The F-35I is Israel's only fifth-generation aircraft.