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Old 8th Dec 2023, 10:20
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SpazSinbad
 
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Perhaps an interesting detail with lots unknown of course. Let’s Talk About the One-of-a-kind F-35I Adir Test Aircraft the Israeli Air Force Has Just Received 13 Nov 2020 https://theaviationist.com/2020/11/1...just-received/
"...the EOTS (Electro-Optical Targeting System) which appears to be painted in the same color of the rest of the airframe. It is not known if this is some particular paint that lets the sensor see through it or if the sensor is entirely missing and replaced by a fairing which replicates its shape. In the latter case, we could hypothesize that the IAF will receive a custom variant of the EOTS developed by Rafael, the same developer of the Litening Advanced Targeting Pod and the RecceLite reconnaissance pod...."
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