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"...The photograph, shot from a second aircraft, shows the F-35 flying past the Lebanese coast in broad daylight. Beirut and its Rafic Hariri International Airport are both clearly visible in the image. It was not clear when exactly the picture was captured.
"Aviation expert David Cenciotti noted on Twitter that instead of operating in stealth mode, the F-35 in the photograph appeared to be flying with radar reflectors, small nubs that make the aircraft significantly easier to spot on a radar.
"Cenciotti, who runs the Aviationist blog, said the picture was not of high enough quality to determine definitively if these reflectors were indeed used..." link