For the first time ever, the brand-new F-35 ‘Adir’ stealth fighter jet will join the elite Israeli Air Force team that performs its annual aerobatics display in the skies from one major city to the other at midday on Israel’s Independence Day.
This will be the public debut for the F-35 in Israel, a superstar aircraft which has only recently begun to take its place with the rest of the venerated Israeli warrior fighter jets, is the most expensive aircraft ever purchased by the Jewish State.
Residents of Be’er Sheva, known as the ‘capital city of the Negev,’ can expect to hear the roar and whoosh of the fighter jets beginning at 10:35 am, with the final triumphant display by the Adir stealth fighters at 11:26 am.
The holy city of Jerusalem, Israel’s heartbeat and the eternal capital of the nation and People of Israel, can look up to the skies beginning at 11:14 am for a display that should last until approximately 11:50 am.
In the northern coastal city of Haifa, Israelis will see the fighter pilots performing the aerial display over Mount Carmel and the Mediterranean Sea beginning at 12:08 am, with the finally soaring farewell from the Adir pilots at 12:23 pm.
In Tel Aviv, beachgoers will see their flyby beginning with a special display at 12:05 pm over Gordon Beach, and the final salute by the zooming wings of the F-35 at 12:33 pm.
Brian of London, who blogs for the Israellycool site, reproduced the two tables with flyby and southern aerobatic display times, which are in Hebrew. He also was able to find the list of specific aircraft this year. Thanks, Brian!!
King Air B-200 “Tzofit” (Sunbird) – צופית
C-130 “Karnaf” (Rhino) – קרנף
C-130J “Samson” – שמשון
Gulfstream G550 AEW&C “Eitam” (Eagle) – עיטם
Gulfstream G550 SigInt “Shavit” (Comet) – שביט
F-15I “Ra’am” (Thunder) – רעם ; in formation with 707 refuelling tanker
F-16C/D “Barak” (Lightning) – ברק
F-15C/D “Baz” (Falcon) – בז
F-35I “Adir” (Mighty) – אדיר