Israel Just Showed Iran Who Owns Their Skies

Before flying into Iran, though, Israel reportedly took out radar and anti-air defenses in Iraq and Syria, clearing a path to Iranian skies.

Once over Iran, the Israeli Air Force was able to operate freely. There is video of Iranian anti-aircraft artillery firing into the skies, but F-35s can easily avoid such rudimentary defenses.

That message is almost as impactful as the strikes themselves. Israeli planes were flying in Iran for hours. Those planes had the ability and opportunity to inflict much more damage on Iran — but didn’t.