Combat Aircraft 81Author: Shlomo AloniIllustrator: Jim LaurierAbout this bookThe light and agile A-4 Skyhawk was the first modern American jet to be offered to the Israeli Air Force, marking the point where the US took over from France as Israel_s chief military supplier. Deliveries began too late for the A-4 to fight in the Six-Day War, but it soon formed the backbone of the IAF_s ground-attack force. From 1969 to 1970 it flew endless sorties against Egyptian forces in the War of Attrition. Then, during the Yom Kippur War, five squadrons of A-4s saw combat and 50 planes were lost as they battled against the Arab armored onslaught._x00B_Using previously unpublished first-hand accounts and rare photography from the IAF archives and pilots_ private collections, Shlomo Aloni tells the definitive history of the IAF_s A-4 squadrons, including the story of Ezra _BABAN_ Dotan who became an ace with an unique double-kill of MiG17s.ContentsChapter 1 - Ahit OriginsChapter 2 - Attrition WarChapte
Combat Aircraft 81Author: Shlomo AloniIllustrator: Jim LaurierAbout this bookThe light and agile A-4 Skyhawk was the first modern American jet to be offered to the Israeli Air Force, marking the point where the US took over from France as Israel_s chief military supplier. Deliveries began too late for the A-4 to fight in the Six-Day War, but it soon formed the backbone of the IAF_s ground-attack force. From 1969 to 1970 it flew endless sorties against Egyptian forces in the War of Attrition. Then, during the Yom Kippur War, five squadrons of A-4s saw combat and 50 planes were lost as they battled against the Arab armored onslaught._x00B_Using previously unpublished first-hand accounts and rare photography from the IAF archives and pilots_ private collections, Shlomo Aloni tells the definitive history of the IAF_s A-4 squadrons, including the story of Ezra _BABAN_ Dotan who became an ace with an unique double-kill of MiG17s.ContentsChapter 1 - Ahit OriginsChapter 2 - Attrition WarChapter 3 - Between WarsChapter 4 - Yom Kippur War Day 1 to Day 3Chapter 5 - Yom Kippur War Day 4 to Day 8Chapter 6 - Yom Kippur War Day 9 to Day 19Chapter 7 - Syria and Lebanon AgainAppendicesPaperback; November 2009; 96 pages; ISBN: 9781846034305
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