Today, the commander of the Israeli Air Force, Amikam Norkin, announced that the new Israeli fifth-generation F-35I Adir fighters were deployed twice to perform combat missions in Syria. No details were disclosed, however, as the general clarified, these aircraft successfully completed all the tasks assigned to them.
F-35I Adir
“We were the first in the world to use the F-35 in combat,” Norkin said. Also, the general, with a light and relaxed smile, hinted that Russian-made air defense systems, such as the S-300 and S-400, not to mention the Pantsir-S1 and Buk-M2, are powerless against this “mighty” aircraft.
Israel Air Force Commander Maj.-Gen. Amikam Norkin
Mighty
Adir translates from Hebrew as “mighty.” Well, okay, the mighty is so mighty, and let the whole world shudder from this name, the main thing is that it does not crumble. As the Jerusalem Post noted, the commander of the Israeli Air Force used a photograph of an F-35 flying over Beirut to confirm the use. True, he did not specify when it was made.
Amikam Norkin was echoed by Lockheed Martin executive vice president Rick Edwards, who said he was not surprised to hear that Israel had begun carrying out strikes using their fifth-generation creation. “I thought it would happen a week after Israel received the first plane,” Mr. Edwards joked. What kind of terrible aircraft beast is this, which, according to the Israeli general, destroyed almost all of the Syrian air defense, deftly dodging hundreds of bad Russian missiles?
Mighty Flash
The F-35I Adir is an Israeli modification of the base model of the American F-35 Lightning II fighter-bomber. Israeli electronics are widely used on the aircraft. Avionics, electronic warfare systems, sensors, missiles and bombs - all made in Israel. This shows that cooperation between the two countries in this area is more than serious.
The F-35 is perhaps the most criticized new military aircraft in recent memory. Only the lazy, including the Americans themselves, did not throw stones at glitches in the software of his computers, constant problems with weapons and life support systems, weak (for modern machines) flight characteristics and exorbitant costs.
However, despite the problems and continuous criticism, Lockheed Martin not only completed the development of a promising aircraft, but also launched full-fledged serial production. And they not only established, but organized incredible international cooperation and technology exchange in this area. Problems, of course, remain, but not as big as before. And the participation of the F-35 in real combat operations will add a lot of invaluable information to Lockheed specialists, which will make the machine more advanced. Let's not underestimate the Americans - they know how to make a good product.
Mighty gesheft
The F-35I Adir is being acquired as part of a military assistance agreement between the United States and Israel. You could say it's virtually free. In the first deal, Israel "bought" 19 F-35s at a price of $125 million, and in the second deal, Tel Aviv paid $112 million apiece for 14 aircraft. The cost of the aircraft is expected to drop to $80 million by 2022, putting the average fighter price at around $95-96 million.
F-35A Lightning II. Lockheed Martin
The reverse cash flow associated with counter orders from Israeli companies (Israel Aerospace Industries, Elbit Systems, etc.) for the production of wings, helmet components and fuel tanks will approach $4 billion. In general, a good “gesheft” is obtained. And not only financial, because the “average price tag” of American military assistance exceeds $3 billion a year, but also intangible.
By providing military and financial assistance to Israel, the United States is solving a whole range of political and military problems. The most important thing is that America receives a strong ally and a powerful outpost in a strategically important region. Secondly, they receive a powerful flow of intelligence: Israeli intelligence services are one of the best in the world. Thirdly, military spending is stimulated by rich Arabs who hate the Jewish state. This list goes on and on. The “gesheft” between the United States and Israel is mutual and of high quality, especially considering the powerful pro-Israeli lobby in the United States.
Mighty motto - Si vis pacem, para bellum
This Roman motto is still very relevant a couple of thousand years later. The advertising campaign for the power of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and its high-tech spear with the F-35 at the tip is in full swing according to all PR rules. Tel Aviv is demonstratively showing the whole world that it will go to the end, and the United States is demonstratively showing that it will support any, even the most illegal, decision of Israel.
F-35I Adir
At the same time, business problems of the US military-industrial complex are being resolved - there is powerful anti-advertising of Russian air defense systems, which are supposedly completely defenseless against high-tech American weapons. Although many understand that this is not at all true: the Tomahawks that did not reach are still fresh in their memory.
In general, the statements coming from the USA and Israel are very reminiscent of the cowboy who wants to fight from the film “The Man from the Boulevard des Capuchins”: “Sir! Did you say something? No? Don’t you have anything to tell me?!” There it all ended for the fighter with a frying pan on the head. Hurt.
“If you want peace, prepare for war.” Very relevant for us. The West will not calm down and will not retreat from its plan in Syria until it gets its hands on it. Provocations at all possible levels will continue, because the main task is to drag us into this stupid fight in someone else’s yard, and our task is to repair the playground destroyed by these fighters and not allow it to be broken further. It's more complicated than just hitting it with a frying pan.
But the main thing here is not to get carried away and remember the words of the Chinese comrade Sun Tzu , set out in his scientific work “The Art of War”:
“...The rule of war is not to trust that the enemy will not come, but to rely on what I can meet him with; not to rely on the fact that he will not attack, but to rely on the fact that I will make it impossible for him to attack myself..."
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Israeli F-35 fighters have lost their stealth
It was known that without mid-air refueling with the help of bulky tanker aircraft, the F-35 could only fly with external fuel tanks, and this negated its stealth characteristics, which are the main combat advantage of this vehicle.
And so it happened.
Israel has made certain changes to the design of American-made F-35A aircraft. Now, Israel's advanced fifth-generation aircraft are "unlike any F-35A from other air forces." Previously, a number of upcoming changes were reported in the Israeli press.
Citing Israeli sources, it is reported that Israel has added a set of external fuel tanks. The first set of fuel tanks was designed to hold approximately 1,930 liters of jet fuel. The manufacturer was Elbit. It is noted that the new fuel tanks immediately take the Israeli F-35 beyond the scope of stealth. This is problem. The tanks “glow” in the radiation of enemy radars and do not allow the aircraft to remain invisible. At the same time, it is stated that fuel tanks can be fired upon when approaching enemy air defense zones.
In this case, the operation can be performed as follows (if drop tanks are required): flying to the operation square using fuel from drop tanks, shooting drop tanks when approaching the enemy air defense zone, performing the operation and leaving for home airfields using fuel from “standard” tanks .
Israel intends to cooperate with American partners to achieve the creation of stealth coating for new fuel tanks for the F-35.
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