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2018-05-22 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

IAF commander: Israel first to use F-35 jet in combat

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Posted by DarthVader 2018-05-22 09:19|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 IDF tweets Israel’s F-35 first to attack, avoided over 100 anti-aircraft missiles

Posted by Frank G 2018-05-22 15:41|| 2018-05-22 15:41|| Front Page Top

#2 So it turns out the F-35 is flyable after all? Congratulations to all involved..

Posted by trailing wife 2018-05-22 19:15|| 2018-05-22 19:15|| Front Page Top

#3 They had to fix it themselves to work like that.
Very nice!

Posted by newc 2018-05-22 19:36|| 2018-05-22 19:36|| Front Page Top

#4 As I recall, they also took a very proactive look at the software -- hardening security and junking subprograms they felt could be better done manually by trained ground crews.

Posted by magpie 2018-05-22 19:42|| 2018-05-22 19:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Israel should have some Mossad guys blow up a few buildings in Syria and then claim the F-35s did it. Let their neighbor wonder how invisible the thing is.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-05-22 23:38|| 2018-05-22 23:38|| Front Page Top

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