Air Force Museum, Israel

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The museum is a huge collection of aircraft and helicopters, which were in service with the Israeli Air Force, as well as examples from civilian aviation countries. The museum is a short drive from Be'er Sheva, directly adjacent to the Hazerim air base. It hosts more than two hundred aircraft that were in different years at the Israeli Air Force, anti-aircraft artillery and rocket technology captured from the enemy, fragments of downed planes and other interesting exhibits.

1. Immediately near the entrance - Kfir C-7 with weapons. This is the latest model of the Kfir series of aircraft, developed in 80-s. They were armed with laser-guided bombs. The main role they played was a routine patrol of the Lebanese border.

2. Lavi

4. Helicopter Aerospatiale SA-341L Gazelle. The helicopter was in service with the Syrian army, several were shot down. Two of them managed to repair and use against the Syrians themselves.

6. McDonnell Douglas Skyhawk A-4H.

7. The tail of the Egyptian “Su-7“, shot down on October 6 1973, on the first day of the Doomsday War.

8. McDonnell Douglas A-4F Skyhawk

9. Macdonnell Douglas RF-4E (S) Phantom. Israeli name "Kurnas"

10. McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle. Israeli name "Baz"

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14. One of the first drones. Teledyne-Ryan Firebee-II. Israeli name "Mabat".

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16. Helicopter Bell Huey AH-1G / Q / S / E COBRA. Israeli name "Tzefa"

17. Helicopter Hughes 500MD TWO Defender. Israeli name "Lahatut"

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19. IAI KFIR A-21A

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21. Mikoyan MIG-17.
As a result of the navigation error of the Syrian pilots, two aircraft landed on Israeli territory. Planes, of course, did not return :))

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29. AERO COMMANDER / JET COMMANDER 1121

30. GRUMMAN E-2C HAWKEYE

31. Simulator "LINK". One of the first Israeli flight simulators, was used in the 50s.

32. Transport helicopter SIKORSKY CH-53. Israeli name "Yasur"

33. DASSAULT MD-520 OURAGAN

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Lech e-mine

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2 January 2012 08: 46

Such a small country ISRAEL - and has mountains of weapons. Jews around the world are involved in the supply of weapons to Israel.
755962

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2 January 2012 09: 04

no matter what, KEEP. The story however ....
dred

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2 January 2012 09: 38

They would have at least painted.
Professor

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2 January 2012 10: 08

Photo 24 without words describes the history of the Arab-Israeli wars.
1. Lech e-mine
  
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  2 January 2012 10: 11
  
  I am glad to see you, dear professor. Explain more precisely your thought.
  1. Kyrgyz
    
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    2 January 2012 11: 12
    
    photo No. 21 says no less
    1. Professor
      
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      2 January 2012 11: 19
      
      On the way to Eilat, he stayed at this museum. From what did not fall into the frame: Mig-21 which Mossad hijacked if I am not mistaken from Iraq, Mig-23 hijacked from Syria.
Professor

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2 January 2012 10: 15

The bet on the Air Force’s superiority is the result of its plane at the Air Force Museum with 13 recognized victories ...
1. kagorta
  
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  2 January 2012 11: 22
  
  For the sake of interest, the professor could not find out the biography of the pilot and where he came from, or his parents.
  1. Professor
    
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    2 January 2012 11: 45
    
    Most likely it was not one pilot who shot down so many on this plane, but I will look. At the expense of where he came from - from Israel. The Israeli Air Force does not accept immigrants even if they arrived in infancy. Exceptions are very rare. Once I saw a report with a "Russian" helicopter pilot, but judging by his Russian, he was either born in Israel in a Russian-speaking family, or was brought very young.
    1. APASUS
      
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      2 January 2012 15: 30
      
      Quote: professor
      The Israeli Air Force does not take emigrants even if they arrived in infancy.
      
      Let me object, they TAKE one and is even familiar with one of them personally. And pilots the F-16
Lech e-mine

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2 January 2012 10: 23

I don’t quite agree. Qualitative superiority is achieved not only with high-quality weapons but also with a well-trained soldier. Who the enemy was in Arabian air battles of that time was Arab pilots (their fighting spirit and experience can not withstand any criticism)
1. Professor
  
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  2 January 2012 10: 41
  
  And who spoke about the qualitative superiority in armaments? In 1973, for example, the Syrians on the tanks had night vision devices, and the Israelis were blind. But everyone knows the result.
  
  And Soviet pilots also flew there in those years. After Hosni Mubarak talked about this during a meeting with the Israeli Air Force commander.
kagorta

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2 January 2012 10: 55

The museum is shabby, somehow it does not look like the Jews. And the fact that the Germans, with their Holocaust and Stalin with their help as military officers raised the winners, there is no doubt.
rumpeljschtizhen

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2 January 2012 12: 03

The operation was developed by Colonel David Porat.
The operation was carried out on July 30, 1970.

Two pairs of Mirages, imitating the parameters of reconnaissance aircraft, took off in the air, under the command of Amos Amir. The Mirage pairs flew in such a tightly closed formation that on the screen of the Egyptian radar they were registered as marks of two cars.

The Soviet command took to the air 20 to destroy a pair of Mirages! Migov.

Another four Mirages took off in Ramat David and also headed for the same area as their predecessors. They went on a low-level flight and their markings on the screens of enemy radars did not arise at all. At the front line, they began to ply, hiding behind a low mountain range.

The additional Mirage quartet was in full combat readiness at the runway at the Rafidim airfield (Bir Gafghafa). Of the number of pilots participating in the operation, 12 had on their account downed enemy aircraft, and their total combat score was 59 victories.

As Porat had expected, the sight of the Mirage in a reconnaissance flight was too seductive for the enemy. The Russians swallowed the bait and lifted two MiG quartets from the Beni-Suweyf airfield. They were followed by three more fours from the Kum-Ushim air base. Total, 20 MiGs went to intercept Israeli aircraft. Later, when a real battle unfolded in the air, another quartet of MiGs from the Kotmiya airfield joined the Soviet fighters. In total, 24 MiG-21s and 16 Israeli fighters took part in the battle: 4 Phantoms and 12 Mirages.

The fight was as follows:
The four “Mirages”, depicting the “scouts”, parted, dropped the suspension tanks and turned to the approaching MiGs, fired rockets, shooting down
several Migs at once. The Mirages hiding behind the ridge in Sinai turned on the afterburner and gave full speed ahead. The Mirage quartet from Rafidim also rushed forward with full afterburner.

Instead of hunting lightly for two unsuspecting reconnaissance Mirags, Russian pilots suddenly found that they were surrounded by eight Mirages and blocked from above by a four Phantoms. This stunned them. They expected that they would be notified of any surprises from the flight control center and would direct their actions. However, this did not happen, the Israelis completely blinded the enemy radars and drowned out their radio transmitters. Soviet pilots were left to their own devices.

Israeli pilots masterfully mastered aerial combat tactics where pilot experience triumphs over the technical characteristics of vehicles. They acquired their skills through years of hard work. Even being a minority, the Israelis quickly felt the inexperience of Soviet pilots. The Russians fought fiercely, but while the Israelis were in their element, this experience was traumatic for Soviet pilots.

By that time, it became obvious that the MiG pilots were confused, discouraged and trying to get out of the battle. Poorly prepared for this type of battle, they quickly lost their taste for it and there was no trace of the initial aggressiveness. Their tough battle formations crumbled. Their plans were broken. They were isolated from their flight control center, with which they could not establish communication. Soviet pilots saw how their comrades were shot down, one by one, and panic began to seize them. A flood of Russian curses filled the wave of radio communications between MiGs. The operators of Israeli radio interception stations tuned to the frequencies of Soviet transmitters listened with interest as the Russians swear. All that remains in the arsenal of actions of the Russian pilots is desperate maneuvering to escape from the pursuit and return to their bases.

As a result of the battle, the Russians lost 10 aircraft, the Israelis didn’t.
That evening, victory parties took place not only at the Israeli airbases Hatzor, Ramat David and Tel Nof. Similar parties took place at all air bases in Egypt - in honor of the defeat of arrogant Soviet teachers. The officers' canteens of the Egyptian air bases shuddered at the friendly laughter caused by the caustic remarks of those present at the address of their Russian mentors. According to the Egyptians, the Russians finally got what they deserve.

A heavy defeat in the air was a clear slap in the face for the Soviet Air Force. Their prestige in the world of military aviation was at stake. Mossad agents everywhere closely watched the Soviet reaction. The very day after the battle, Marshal Pavel Kutakhov, the commander of the USSR Air Force, flew to Cairo. As soon as he stepped off the ramp, he began an investigation into the circumstances of the result of the armed collision with the enemy so sad for the Soviet military. Eyewitnesses said that Kutakhov nervously shook his head and kept repeating the same words: "This is a disaster!" On August 2, Kutakhov ordered the cessation of flights of Soviet pilots in the Suez Canal zone. The leadership of the USSR clearly did not want to tempt fate and once again be at risk of humiliation. The Soviet marshal forbade his pilots to engage in battle with Israeli fighters if they could not guarantee victory, which practically meant never.

The Soviet leadership informed the Egyptian side that it could no longer guarantee the inviolability of Egyptian air borders. Such recognition was probably the bitterest pill for the proud at the head of the USSR. Without Soviet defense, Nasser could not continue the armed confrontation with Israel and was forced to agree to a ceasefire, which entered into force at midnight on August 7/8. Initially, the truce was designed for 3 months, but in reality it lasted (not counting several excesses) until October 1973.

During the 1141 days of the Israeli Air Force Depletion War, 113 Egyptian aircraft were shot down and another 25 were shot down by air defense systems - missiles and anti-aircraft artillery. The Israeli Air Force during this same period lost 4 Mirage-3s in air battles and 13 aircraft were shot down by enemy air defense systems.
1. Lech e-mine
  
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  2 January 2012 16: 44
  
  Funny opus - did the Jews come up with anything?
  1. Lech e-mine
    
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    2 January 2012 17: 19
    
    There was news now about the expulsion 4 months ago of our and Israeli military attache. What was the problem, who knows, explain.
    1. Professor
      
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      2 January 2012 17: 34
      
      The news is old. He was allegedly sent for espionage.
      1. Lech e-mine
        
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        2 January 2012 17: 39
        
        Allegedly - a vague word. What our military attache could annoy Israel.?
        
        Professor
        
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        2 January 2012 21: 24
        
        Haaretz: 4 months ago Israel expelled Russian military attaché
        According to the Haaretz newspaper, the military attaché of the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv was declared persona non grata four months ago. This was a response to the expulsion from Moscow of his Israeli colleague, Colonel Vadim Leiderman. The Israeli Foreign Ministry decided not to publicize the fact of expulsion, so as not to complicate relations between the two countries.
2. gunman
  
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  2 January 2012 16: 45
  
  Tell me, where did the text come from?
  1. Lech e-mine
    
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    2 January 2012 16: 47
    
    More like an addict's fantasies.
3. gunman
  
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  2 January 2012 19: 54
  
  Judging by my research, the article seems to be from here http://paruss.sitecity.ru/ltext_1302231220.phtml?p_ident=ltext_1302231220.p_0405
  151134
  take a look at "home" .
  And it can from here http://jewish.kiev.ua/files/V-24.pdf .
  Comrades, I do not argue, Jews can fight, but damn the article with cranberries and the corresponding sources.
  1. gunman
    
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    2 January 2012 20: 03
    
    For some reason, the links work crookedly, well, who needs to figure it out.
4. kagorta
  
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  4 January 2012 08: 25
  
  A link can be pliz.
rumpeljschtizhen

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2 January 2012 13: 57

I’m what it is .. we don’t need Russian to think that we only know how to fight ..... many love and know how .... it’s necessary to prepare better and not to shout
Odesit

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2 January 2012 14: 10

Interestingly written. But why so relish our defeat ?!
rumpeljschtizhen

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2 January 2012 14: 18

Odesit when we savor our victories, of which not a few are normal .......... but we must not forget about the defeats and draw a conclusion from them ........ but in my opinion our aviation has not yet been made in the last war with Georgia, she showed herself to the best
Odesit

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2 January 2012 15: 09

I agree. We do not need to draw conclusions. Thoughtful, clear conclusions. Without a shadow of emotional coloring and talk about who raised a glass for someone!
rumpeljschtizhen

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2 January 2012 15: 33

Odesit Well, I gave an example of their agitation ......... and their emotionality can be understood
and when we write like that ...... with bragging is also not normal :-)
Odesit

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2 January 2012 15: 39

Emotionally possible but for some reason I do not want to. But you wrote interestingly.
rumpeljschtizhen

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2 January 2012 16: 18

Well, judging by the reaction of our patriots ............ they do not like ..... (although the story will not change from this) .... it is not in their power :-))))) )))))))))))
Odesit

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2 January 2012 16: 22

Let's not touch the feeling of patriotism - this is sacred! It is better to discuss the matter in essence. Who whom and why?
smirnyagin

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2 January 2012 16: 36

Photo 28, what is it?
rumpeljschtizhen

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2 January 2012 17: 09

Odesit healthy patriotism is good, but when it develops into "hateful abuse" I can’t stand it
rumpeljschtizhen

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2 January 2012 17: 37

Lech e-mine
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why they came up with ... BEAT!
generally it is interesting to read how our advisers describe the war on the side of the Arab "comrades" and how the Israelis are the same ......... (if we discard the propaganda from both sides) .... + our heroic PVO (which by the way, they were crushed anyway) and - fat aviation
1. Lech e-mine
  
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  2 January 2012 17: 42
  
  Please, give specific documents or, at worst, links. Such stories I can invent and put up on the Internet myself.
  1. J_silver
    
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    3 January 2012 00: 06
    
    And this was invented - what specifics will anyone give you? Even if someone there gives some names, then it's still figs you check ...
    By the way, that story wanders from one Jewish site to another - I met at least four sites, though with slight deviations in the text ...
2. Professor
  
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  2 January 2012 21: 26
  
  Our warriors gave subscription and non-disclosure ...
rumpeljschtizhen

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2 January 2012 22: 25

Lech e-mine
you flatter my literary talent. I didn’t come up with a link to look for it, I keep such things on the computer ... now I’m puzzled
gunman the text is the same but not complete I read in other sources
1. Lech e-mine
  
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  3 January 2012 07: 19
  
  haha how cute.
Maks7877

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6 January 2012 19: 37

Arabs are bad warriors.