Israel first to go ‘Beast Mode’ with F-35 fighter in combat

Israel first to go ‘Beast Mode’ with F-35 fighter in combat

The Israel Air Force (IAF) became the first in the world to equip an F-35 with external weapons during an active conflict. A recently released image shows an Israeli F-35i carrying a full set of external munitions in a "Beast Mode" configuration. Israel did not disclosed where or when the F-35s used these weapons, but its Adir fleet logged over 15,000 operational flight hours and participated in thousands of sorties since the war with Hamas bega…