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After six days of fighting Israel claimed a total of Arab aircraft destroyed, of which 49 were aerial victories. A veteran of fighting during the s and s, the aircraft bears 13 victory markings. Shortly after the end of the Six-Day War, Egypt initiated the War of Attrition , hoping to prevent Israel from consolidating its hold over the lands captured in Israel's goal in the fighting was to exact heavy losses on the opposing side, in order to facilitate a ceasefire.
The Israeli Air Force consequently undertook repeated bombings of strategic targets deep within enemy territory and repeatedly challenged Arab air forces for aerial supremacy, all the while supporting operations by Israel's ground and naval forces. In late the Soviet Union began to deploy fighter aircraft units and surface-to-air missile units to Egypt. The Soviet surface-to-air missile units soon joined their Egyptian allies in direct confrontations with Israeli aircraft.
Soviet fighters conducted patrols but Israeli pilots were ordered not to engage them. Fear of further escalation and superpower involvement brought the war to a conclusion. By the end of August , the Israeli Air Force had claimed aerial kills while reporting losing only four aircraft to Arab fighters.
Egyptian and Soviet forces claimed to shoot down approximately 20 Israeli Air Force planes with surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery units. On October 6, , with war imminent, the IAF began preparing for a pre-emptive strike against Egyptian and Syrian airfields and anti-aircraft positions. The Israeli government, however, decided against pre-emption.
Tagar , however, was quickly discontinued when the dire situation on the Golan Heights became apparent. IAF efforts were redirected north, where the ill-fated Operation Doogman 5 was carried out. Nevertheless, the close air support it provided allowed Israeli troops on the ground to stem the tide and eventually go on the offensive, first in the north and later in the south.
After the failure of the Israeli counter-offensive in the Sinai on October 8, the southern front remained relatively static and the IAF focused its attention on the Syrian front. On October 14 the Egyptian army launched an offensive along the entire front, but was repulsed by the IDF. Israel followed on this success by attacking at the seam between the 2nd and 3rd Egyptian armies and crossing the Suez Canal into Egypt.
Israeli forces fanned north and south, destroying Egyptian rear units and punching holes through its air defence array. This allowed the IAF the freedom of action it was previously denied and renewed attacks led to the collapse of the Egyptian Air Defence Force.
This prompted increased diplomatic activity to resolve the war, coupled with increased activity by the Egyptian Air Force. From about October 18 to the end of the war, intensive air battles took place between Israeli and Egyptian aircraft. Since the war most of Israel's military aircraft have been obtained from the United States. The Kfir was adapted to utilize a more powerful U.
On July 4, , four Israeli C Hercules transport aircraft secretly flew to Entebbe Airport for a rescue operation. Among the pilots who took part in the attack was Ilan Ramon , later Israel's first astronaut. An FA Netz with 7. Prior to the Lebanon War , Syria, with the help of the Soviet Union , had built up an overlapping network of surface-to-air missiles in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. In subsequent aerial battles against the Syrian Air Force , the IAF managed to shoot down 86 Syrian aircraft without losing a single fighter plane in an air-to-air combat.
IAF AH-1 Cobra helicopter gunships destroyed dozens of Syrian armored fighting vehicles and other ground targets, including some T main battle tanks. This was the longest combat mission ever undertaken by the IAF, a stretch of 2, kilometers, involving in-flight refueling by an IAF Boeing As a result, PLO headquarters and barracks were either destroyed or damaged.
Since the s, the IAF has upgraded most of its aircraft with advanced Israeli-made systems, improving their performances. Israeli Air Force pilots were on constant stand-by in their cockpits throughout the conflict, ready to fly to Iraq to retaliate. By Israel became the world's largest exporter of drones. While this policy was criticized due to the collateral damage caused in certain instances, Israel claims it is vital in its fight against terrorism and that IAF pilots do whatever they can to avoid civilian casualties, including aborting strikes.
In , Israel achieved a civilian casualty ratio of , or one civilian casualty for every thirty combatant casualties, in its airstrikes on militants in the Palestinian territories.
A reaction to an earlier suicide bombing in Haifa, this was the first overt Israeli military operation in Syria since the Yom Kippur War. IAF strikes—mainly, though not exclusively, in southern Lebanon—were aimed at stopping rocket launches by Hezbollah 's militia targeting Israeli towns. The IAF flew more than 12, combat missions during this war.
The most notable, taking place during the second day of the war, resulted in the IAF destroying 59 Iranian-supplied medium- and long-range missile launchers in just 34 minutes.
According to a CBS news report, in January Israeli planes struck a convoy of trucks in Sudan headed for Egypt and carrying weapons apparently meant for the Gaza Strip. Seventeen trucks were bombed and thirty-nine smugglers were killed in the strike.
Both passengers were killed. The Sudanese Foreign Minister blamed the attack on Israel. The Israeli Air Force also operates surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery units. Since their primary role has been the interception of surface-to-surface missiles and rockets fired into Israel. In the IAF began operating the ' Iron Dome ' anti-rocket missile system, which within a year had successfully intercepted and destroyed 93 rockets fired at Israeli towns from Gaza.
In November , the IAF participated in Operation Pillar of Defense , during which, according to the IDF Spokesperson , Israeli forces targeted more than 1, military sites in Gaza Strip, including rocket launching pads, smuggling tunnels, command centers, and weapons manufacturing and storage facilities. Many of these attacks were carried out by the Air Force. Between July 8 and August 5, , the IAF participated in Operation Protective Edge , during which, according to the IDF Spokesperson, Israeli forces targeted 4, terror sites across the Gaza Strip, including rocket launching sites, command and control centers, military administration facilities, weapons storage and manufacturing facilities and training and military compounds.
The civil war raging within Israel's northern neighbor, has occasionally witnessed activity by the IAF, some overt, some unacknowledged and some merely attributed. Notable actions include:.
UH Blackhawk landing in the desert. Thirty nine Israeli pilots have been credited with ace status, having shot down at least 5 enemy aircraft. Of these, 10 have shot down at least eight jet planes.
The top ranking Israeli ace is Colonel Giora Epstein , who shot down seventeen enemy planes. Epstein holds the world record for jet aircraft shot down, and the most aircraft of any type shot down since the Korean War. Although women had served as pilots during the Israeli War of Independence and a few years thereafter, the Israel Defence Forces had until denied women the opportunity to become pilots.
In , civilian pilot and aeronautical engineer Alice Miller successfully petitioned the Israel High Court of Justice to take the Israeli Air Force pilot training exams, after being rejected on grounds of gender.
Though president Ezer Weizman , a former IAF commander, told Miller that she'd be better off staying home and darning socks, the court in eventually ruled that the IAF could not exclude qualified women from pilot training. Even though Miller would not pass the exams, the ruling was a watershed, opening doors for women in new IDF roles.
After the prohibition had been lifted, the first female graduate was F navigator "Shari" in , followed three years later by Roni Zuckerman , the first female jet fighter pilot in IAF history. IAF ranks are identical to other Israel Defense Forces ranks except for the use of silver against a dark blue background. The service's most senior-ranking active officer is the air force commander, which is the billet of a major general aluf , and reports directly to the IDF Chief of Staff.
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