Nevatim AFB Israel (LLNV) 2020

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In anticipation of (a) increased activity due to an unusually widely publicised air-exercise and (b) the imminent national curfew I ventured south in search of some action earlier this week.

11 F-35A Adirs flew thus:
140sqn 904, 911, 913, 916, 919, 925 & 928
116sqn 905, 918, 930 & 932

Some aircraft had their wingtip pylons attached, at least one was carrying AIM-9X Sidewinder IIs (bear in mind one is at 650mm range with just Mr400mm Mk1 to hand)

Fugly925 by Starman

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Busy week at Nevatim; the latest "Enduring Lightning " exercise took place Sunday 2nd with "some" F-35As from the 421st FS escorted by KC-10A Mojo91 (79-0434) flying with the based 140 squadron Adirs (F-35As).
Today, Tuesday 4th August four new Adirs were delivered (see Military Aviation News) whilst additional aircraft noted flying after lunch were:
116Sqn: 902, 907, 909 & 930
140Sqn: 908, 911, 919, 921, 925 & 926

[Starman]

As noted elsewhere Enduring Lightning III took place Monday 12th Oct, with at least two HL F-35As (14-5097 & 15-5122 "466FS" appeared in stock shots) brought up from Al Dhafra by an unidentified KC-10 and refueled over Israel by KC-135R 00347 out of El Udeid. At least one Ramstein C-130J visited Nevatim Tuesday 13th, which may be connected.