Media: F-35 The Israeli Air Force damaged the Syrian air defense system C-200. There are inconsistencies
We are talking about the events of October last year. On the translation portal MixedNews, with reference to another portal (Southfront.org), it is reported that Syrian air defense weapons then attacked Israeli military aircraft, causing damage to one of them. It stated that the damaged F-35I, who allegedly participated in the operation.
From the material:
This publication causes a certain kind of mistrust due to the fact that the Israeli media in October 2017 did not report on the combat use of F-35. The first combat use of the F-35, according to Israeli Air Force Commander Amikam Norkin, took place in May 2018, when airplanes were struck at the location of the pro-Iranian armed formations. About this our site reported in the news material from 22 May this year - link.
However, the material stated that the F-35 "carried out reconnaissance flight." Then who struck previously marked strikes on the territory of Syria? Aircraft F-16? By the way, Israel recognized that the Syrian air defenses shot down the F-16 of the Israeli Air Force, only it was in February of 2018.
The reliability of F-35 damage to the source of the MixedNews and in connection with the name of the material raises questions. And the name is as follows:
“Was a Russian-made cruise missile really hit the American F-35 fighter?”
The material in this case indicates that the F-35I Israeli Air Force made a safe landing at the home base, but the command allegedly stated that further operation of the aircraft was in question. The fact that the Israeli Air Force F-35 was used in the spring of 2018, to attack objects in Syria, is not reported in the material.
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