Israeli Air Force Chief: We’re First to Use F-35s in Combat!

Major General Amikam Norkin, commander of the Israeli Air Force, on Tuesday revealed that the IDF is the first military force ever to have deployed the Adir (Israel’s version of the Lockheed Martin F-35) in two attacks, on two different fronts.

Two weeks after the most extensive Israeli assault on Syria since the Yom Kippur War, Major General Norkin said, “The Adir planes are already operational and are flying operational missions,” adding, “We are the first in the world to have carried out an operational attack using the F-35.”
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