Since their first acquisition of F-35 warplanes from Lockheed Martin in December of 2016, the Israeli military claims that they have become the first nation to have used the planes in combat, having used them in attacks “twice on two different fronts.”
The revelation was originally made on the Israeli military’s Twitter account. Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin later revealed the quote about two different fronts, and showed a picture of an F-35 flying over Beirut, Lebanon.
Israel has yet to confirmed either of the fronts the plane was used in. The plane overflying Lebanon suggests that one of them was either an attack on Lebanon itself, or perhaps more likely neighboring Syria. Most Israeli attacks on Syria originate in Lebanese airspace.
Israel has attacked a lot of places since December 2016, however. Other candidates include the Gaza Strip, Sudan, and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Israel attacks Gaza and Syria the most often, but with no air defenses Gaza would be a strange place to use the pricey Lockheed warplanes.
How nice, and to think they got them for free, and first before anyone else. One might almost think they are very privileged by the Empire.
What a wonderful source of pride.
Luckily, the grotesque errors of the F 35 will soon be visible to us all.
Warmongering Israel, the US 51st state, gets its pricey killing machines for free, thanks to gullible American taxpayers. What a great axis!
Maybe the kosher version of the F-35 will turn out to be more usable… like not requiring a stealth aerial refueling tanker to actually attack Israel’s enemies. Maybe the hand of G-d will come into play?