What do you call 96 Israeli fighters plus a squadron of UAVs up against 100 Syrian fighters with 19 surface-air missiles? A Turkey Shoot. At least that's what the match-up in Bekaa Valley became known as.
Jet Battle
Israel has always gone head to head with the countries around them. This was especially true from 1960-1980. Battles in Egypt did not go well, resulting in the Israel Air Force losing many fighters to surface-to-air missiles.
In 1982, Israel attacked Syria taking out 17 of their surface-to-air missiles in two hours. However, the victory was short-lived.
Syria chose to intercept the 96 F-15s, F-16s, and F-4s with 100 MiGs. The Israelis did have an E-2C Hawkeye airborne warning and control aircraft that saw the MiGs and gave the IAF instructions.
The IAF, who were more experienced, fired Sidewinder heat-seeking and Sparrow radar-guided missiles. They were able to take out 29 Syrian Air Force Fighters.
Second Try
IAF had two final targets that they did not get the first time. They made a second attempt on June 10. Syria was ready, sending up the majority of its air force.
But Israel was able to take out 35 Syrian fighters, while the IAF did not lose any planes. It was a thrilling victory for the IAF due to their great training and years of fighting experience.
However, Syria did make a few missteps that enabled the IAF victory. The IAF was jamming their ground control communications, so they could not get their pilots adequate instructions.
Syrian Strategy Criticism
A Military Observer told Air Power Journal, " I watched a group of Syrian fighter planes fly figure-eights. They just flew around and around and obviously had no idea what to do next.”
U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency director Lt. Gen. Leonard Perroots said, “The Syrians used mobile missiles in a fixed configuration; they put the radars in the valley instead of the hills because they didn’t want to dig latrines–seriously.”
Before the conflict was over in July 1982, Syria lost 87 or so fighters to Israel's 2.
“Wow”
This is why we need the real president back ASAP ( Donald J Trump) or things will get even worst....
We need truth and Judeo Christian values in our nation.
Bring trump back and arrest the corrupt president and his supporters and punished them for their crimes problems solved/ now getter done
Please. All of the democrats are no longer U.S. Representatives , but Chinese operatives and should be treated as such, TRAITORS and Seditionists! I am sure "Gitmo" would be happy to accommodate them and TRY THEM as Traitors and Seditionists.
I can only think of one word for what you wrote. That word is AMEN!
Who's gonna do it. Not the spineless replubs we have in officce now. They had their chance but chose to go AFTER trump instead of dims. WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THEY WILL CHANGE. STILL HAVEN'T SAID WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO EXCEPT THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT DIMS NOW. SO WERE TAKING OVER. NO PLAN
Amen to that we as American's can not turn our back's on our creator our Father Jehovah God Amen and Amen
We adhere to The Lord our God Who made The Heavens and The Earth and Who The Son of God is Jesus Christ, Who died on The Cross to Open The Gates of Heaven for Holy Catholic souls to enter.
Adrienne:
I am Jewish. I totally support your rights to freedom of religion.
From my perspective, Jesus was a Jewish Rabbi. Christians considered themselves Jews until the Counci of Nicea. That was roughly over 4 hundred years later.
We have argued and killed each other. Sometimes it was self defense. Too often it was evil butchery.
Nevertheless, at present most of what the Founding Father's envisioned has evolved.
I think that we are all Brothers and sisters. G-D bless America.
You are correct! The God Who made the Heavens and The Earth is in charge, anyway! In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritu Sancto. AMEN.
Andi:
I totally support your 1st Amendment
rights.
Most of the readers should consider
joining organizations like CUFI, Hillsdale, College of the Ozarks, The NRA, Turning Point, and on and on.
We don't have to agree on everything.
We must unite behind the Constitution,
and the current union is States.
We are unable to go through another
Civil War. The costs would be unimaginable.
WRONG, GOD IS NOT CONTROL NOW, THE DEVEL IS HERE ONE EARTH, GOD IS CONTROL OF THE HUMANS THAT BELIEVE THAT JESUS CAME HERE TO DIE FOR ALL OF ALL THE PEOPLES SINS IF THEY BELIEVE IN HIM AND ACCEPT HIM, AND GOD WILL BE IN CONTROL AFTER JESUS COME BACK AND THE 1,000 YEAR WAR WHERE JESUS WINS AND THROWS THE DEVEL IN HELL. READ EZEKIAL IN THE OLD BIBLE THAT FORETELLS ALL THAT IS HAPPENING NOW AND WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTER. IT IS FORETOLD IN THE OLD TESTMENT THAT DEMACUS WILL BE RUBBLE AND THAT THE JEWS CAPITAL WILL BE IN JERUSILM AND UNDER TRUMP THAT HAPPENED.
Excuse me! You are certainly not talking about T Rump. You need to stay off the KOOL_AID. T Rump, truth and Christianity don't belong in a sentence about T Rump.
You need to pull your finger out of your butt so you can get some oxygen to your brain.
You’re free to leave our country and live in China Joes Communist country of China…if you’re not happy with The American dream that Trump resurrected for America and HER citizens… “We “…insist …lol
You are free to live in China Joes country of Chin You are free to live in China Joes country of China if your not happy with the American Dream President Trump resurrected after 8 years of Obummer!!
“WE” insist…you probably don’t even know why you don’t like Trump…and there is NOTHING bad you CAN say..He loves America and HER citizens..he never accepted a paycheck, even spent some of his own money on America!! He believes in God and America First!! And so do “WE”..
God Bless America❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️
Excuse YOURSELF
You are free to live in China Joes country of China if your not happy with the American Dream President Trump resurrected after 8 years of Obummer!!
“WE” insist…you probably don’t even know why you don’t like Trump…and there is NOTHING bad you CAN say..He loves America and her citizens..and never accepted a paycheck, even spent some of his own money on America!! He believes in God and America First!! And so do “WE”..
God Bless America❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️
President Trump managed to negotiate a peace deal between Israel and four Muslim countries. That is worth the price of admission.
Trump, Obama, Biden, who lower taxes? I liked paying $2 better than over $3 per gallon of gas. How about you?
Since America does not please you, try North Korea. We are sure you will find complete fulfillment and useful work there in one of their work camps.
It is reported they even have self guided health care there.
Tis shameful what one says upon awakening from a COMA . You are indeed out of touch with reality. Please , get some more sleep.
According to what you wrote you don't like Donald Trump. Let's see now, when he was President our borders and coasts were secure. For the first time I can recall, Mexico was cooperating and helping guard our southern border with a 20,000 man army unit. National defense was good, morale was good, people were working, unemployment was down, welfare was down, we could afford the gas to drive to work, food was affordable and taxes weren't outrageously high just to mention a few things. What do we nave now that Biden, our wannabe dictator is in power with a bunch of Fascists backing what he does and says? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING EXCEPT TRYING TO SURVIVE WITH THE MESS HE'S CREATED. He violated his oath of office and should be arrested, charged, found guilty and spend the rest of his life in prison for the treasonous things he's done.
Trump was the best friend of Israel since Harry Truman. The woman making fun of Trump is either naive about people like Tlaib, the Ellisons, Alexandra Ocasio,Cortes, or actually approves of them.
Either way, these people are toxic.
We had the best situation in the Middle East under Trump! That woman above is just naive about what really happened then. Does she think demented Biden is doing anything that’s good for the US? Gas prices are up, foreign countries like China and Iran…and North Korea are all laughing at us due to the weak president we have who made a fool out of himself at the G7 summit, food at the grocery store is skyrocketing, we’re being taxed to the hilt, energy prices are all up because we’re not energy independent anymore…and this is only 6 months into his term. Come on, wake up Sandra van Friedenberg!!!
The cost of lumber has gone way up. An eight foot 2 by 4 use to cost $2. 25 - $2.50 at Menard's, but now it has moved up 'slightly' to $9.99. My wife and I inherited 200 acres that was planted in Norway Pines in 1960, row after row of trees, but the price has remained the same for fresh cut trees???
The price hasn’t changed on fresh cut,because there is plenty of raw timber to be harvested.The price of lumber is being dictated from the processing end and the control of that process by just 5 main processing companies.Small lumber operations were pushed out during the Pandemic shutdown.
This cool America should go to war again and help Israel. War brings jobs! This will test Joe Biden administration to see if it really is a real administration and not a corrupt entity of government.
Dont recall this in the news
The News media is not going to report on any news that shows how strong Israel is with the weapons we sold or gave to them. That would show that Don. Trump was highly intelligent and helped prepare Israel against Islamic aggression.
The law of supply and demand govern prices. However, government and the Federal Reserve, have considerable power
to alter the supply and demand.
There is no question that the Biden Administration drove gasoline prices up,
by killing Keystone.
That is one reason why people like
Van Friedenberg are poorly informed.
Trump understood this better than most Presidents
Sandra VanFredenberg
There IS no excuse for YOU in America…
You are free to live in China Joes country of China if your not happy with the American Dream President Trump resurrected after 8 years of Obummer!!
“WE” insist…
You probably don’t even know WHY you don’t like Trump…and there is NOTHING bad you CAN say..He loves America and HER citizens..and never accepted a paycheck, even spent some of his own money on America!! He believes in God and America First!! And so do “WE”..
God Bless America❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Wake up or Bye bye Chibiden Sandra👍
👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️
Adrienne:
I am Jewish. I totally support your rights to freedom of religion.
From my perspective, Jesus was a Jewish Rabbi. Christians considered themselves Jews until the Counci of Nicea. That was roughly over 4 hundred years later.
We have argued and killed each other. Sometimes it was self defense. Too often it was evil butchery.
Nevertheless, at present most of what the Founding Father's envisioned has evolved.
I think that we are all Brothers and sisters. G-D bless America.
You are correct! The God Who made the Heavens and The Earth is in charge, anyway! In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritu Sancto. AMEN.
The entire immigration policy needs changed to include green cards and visas. The largest problem comes from those who over stay their visas and green cards expiring then to double the impact the millions here illegally. Our tax dollars amount into the billions annually to "help" those who got here illegally. They will continue to come illegally as long as this gravy train is taking care of them. Until we get ahold of the immigration policy and send all illegals and expired visas and green cards holders back to their own country, our country will drown in illegals and the billions if dollars used to take care of them. We need to provide quality education to our own citizens so the HB visas aren't a primary employee to employers. Build the wall, deport those here illegally, put our citizens first for assistance and employment. The only President that did and would continue to put our country and citizens first is President Trump. We need him back desperately.
Michelle, a Muslim, should run in their 3rd World homeland as well as kamala Harris to accomplish their stupid foolish agenda outside US mainland.
Speaking for myself I've never been pro Israel or pro Jew. Having said that I must admire the people in that country. They don't go looking for trouble but if someone messes with them they give as good or better/worse than they get. My only wish is that we had the same 'leadership' in the U.S.