Israeli delta fighters pilots have been credited with almost 300 kills between 1966 and 1974, and dozens of them became aces. The Israeli aerial kill exchange rate and overall air-to-air performance was phenomenal. Although the Israeli pilots were flying Mach 2 fighters, they lacked any modern radar equipment and their MiG-21 flying opponents should have had a performance edge over them. This book details their most signifcant engagements, many of which were essentially World War 2 style dogfights fought with jet aircraft. Because neither side had the combat edge to disengage at will most engagements were a life and death struggle and the introduction of air-to-air missiles and the Israeli Nesher was to prove decisive in this theatre.
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Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces series combines full colour artwork, the best archival contemporary photography, and first hand accounts from aces to bring history's greatest airborne conflicts to life.
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Israeli author Shlomo Aloni is a life-long student of Middle East air warfare in general and of the Israeli Air Force in particular. He is the Israeli correspondent for the magazines ‘Air Forces Monthly’ (UK) and ‘Fuerza Aerea’ (Spain). He is also a regular contributor to the a number of journals including: ‘Le Fana de l'Aviation’ (France), ‘BIAF’, ‘Kne-Mida’ (Israel), ‘Avion Revue’ (Spain), ‘Air International’, ‘Fly Past’ and ‘Scale Aviation Modelling’ (UK).
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Each chapter describes the battles the Mirage and Nesher pilots were involved in ... fine. But ... as the author has chosen to structure his book this way, each chapter needs a map at the start of it to better understand the huge volumes of text and photos to follow.
Lots of great photos and incredibly detailed and extensive monologues of actual dogfights. If it had a few maps to get the text into context, it would get a 5.
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This is a very good book about the IDF Mirage and Nesher. Until I read this book, I did not know of the Nesher fighter. The book has piqued my curiousity about the Nesher and answered a lot of questions I had of the Israeli Mirage. It has provided me excellent information on how to model, paint and finish an IDF Mirage. Also, it was an enjoyable read on the combat exploits of both fighters. I hope Osprey publishes more books like this.
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If results achieved in air-to-air combat are the leading criterion, then the French Dassault Mirage III family probably ranks top among the first generation of March 2 fighters. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ace status, pilot ejected, external fuel tanks, four kills, air combat, two kills, leading pair Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yom Kippur War, Suez Canal, Amos Amir, Ramat David, Sqn Shahaks, Yehuda Koren, Avraham Salmon, Giora Epstein, Israel Baharav, Tel Nof, Dan Sever, Ezra Dotan, Golan Heights, Shlomo Levi, Yiftach Spector, Asher Snir, Avi Lanir, Gidon Dror, Ran Ronen, Reuven Rozen, Giora Rom, Oded Marom, Uri Aven-Nir, Attrition War, Eli Menachem New!
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If results achieved in air-to-air combat are the leading criterion, then the French Dassault Mirage III family probably ranks top among the first generation of March 2 fighters. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ace status, pilot ejected, external fuel tanks, four kills, air combat, two kills, leading pair Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yom Kippur War, Suez Canal, Amos Amir, Ramat David, Sqn Shahaks, Yehuda Koren, Avraham Salmon, Giora Epstein, Israel Baharav, Tel Nof, Dan Sever, Ezra Dotan, Golan Heights, Shlomo Levi, Yiftach Spector, Asher Snir, Avi Lanir, Gidon Dror, Ran Ronen, Reuven Rozen, Giora Rom, Oded Marom, Uri Aven-Nir, Attrition War, Eli Menachem New!
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- Israeli Fighter Aces by Peter B. Mersky in Back Matter
- Middle East Review: All the Central Asia States of the Former USSR, Plus Countries Such as Libya, Egypt and Algeria by Hunter Publishing in Back Matter
- Illustrated Guide to the Israeli Air Force by Bill Gunston in Back Matter
- Air Wars and Other Poems by Chuck Dixon in Back Matter
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