After 179 months and more than $400 billion in acquisition costs, the F-35 finally made its combat debut-and almost nobody knew.The Israeli Air Force, the first international customer to receive the Lockheed Martin-built aircraft, was quietly the first to use it in combat operations, finally revealing so on May 22."We are flying the F-35 all over the Middle East. It has become part of our operational capabilities," says Commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin. "We are the first to attack using the F-35 in the Middle East and have already attacked twice on different fronts."The Israeli F-35 flew in Lebaneseairspace, past Beirut, on its way to attack Iranian targets in Syria, according to Israeli Air Force images. It has also conducted operations in another unidentified area. And according to news reports, the Israeli F-35 took part in the attacks on Syria following the downing of an Israeli F-16 by a Syrian surface-to-air SA-5 missile.
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机译：经过179个月的时间和超过4,000亿美元的购置成本，F-35终于在战斗机上首次亮相-几乎没人知道。 r n以色列空军是第一个接收洛克希德·马丁公司制造的飞机的国际客户，静静地麦吉司令说：“我们首先将F-35运用于整个中东地区。这已经成为我们作战能力的一部分。” Amikam Norkin将军。 “我们是第一个在中东使用F-35进行攻击的人，已经在不同战线上进行了两次攻击。” r n以色列F-35在途中从贝鲁特飞越黎巴嫩空域根据以色列空军的图像，他们在叙利亚袭击伊朗目标。它还在另一个身份不明的地区进行了行动。根据新闻报道，以色列的F-35参加了叙利亚的地对空SA-5导弹击落一架以色列的F-16，从而袭击了叙利亚。
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