Three Adirs now in Israel

Three F-35Is appeared during Israel’s 69th Independence Day air display at Ramat David air base on May 2. Anthony Hershko THE ISRAELI Air Force received another three F-35I Adirs when the fighters arrived at Nevatim air base on April 23. They join two others that arrived at the base last December. The initial operating unit for the Adir is 140 ‘Golden Eagle’ Squadron, which had completed “dozens of flight hours” on the type by the time of the latest delivery.