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The US Air Force first took combat coded F-35A's to Exercise Red Flag in 2017. It was an overwhelming success. Israel then deployed its F-35I Adir in combat operations with success. The IAF has since overwhelmingly dominated the Iranian IADS and C2 capability on the back of its F-35I's...

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The IDF has released footage of an F-35I Adir intercepting and destroying an Iranian Yak-130 over Tehran, the first time in history an F-35 has shot down an aircraft in air combat. #Iran
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An Israeli F-35I fighter jet shot down a Russian-made Yak-130 combat trainer of the Iranian Air Force over Tehran. This is the first recorded case in the world of a manned aircraft being downed by an F-35 fighter.
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