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That was in 2017.  I think if this story is correct it got corrected later on by software upgrades or it was detected after the boom door was open. I don't know.  I just thought it's interesting.

Farther readings

https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2020/12/327745/israel-claims-birds-not-syria-took-down-96-million-f-35-fighter-jet

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/did-russian-made-missile-hit-israeli-f-35-stealth-fighter-2017-194071

 

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Definitely what happened, there's no other explanation for why an f35 would be destroyed by a "bird strike" immediately after another country claims to have hit it with a missile.

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