Description: Skyward Victories: Decoding Airpower in Israel's Toughest Battle - Yom Kippur War 1973 Features96 pagesIllustrated throughout with 65 photos and 16 pages of color illustrationsBook dimensions are 10H x 7WSoft coverThe story of the hardest-fought air war of the jet era where highly trained Israeli air forces almost met their match against Egypt and Syria's high-tech MiGs and missiles. The Yom Kippur War or October War of 1973 was perhaps the most intensive and savage air war in history. It pitted more than 300 Israeli combat aircraft - including modern US-built Phantoms and Skyhawks - against nearly 1000 advanced Soviet-built jets from Egypt Iraq Libya and Syria. During a war lasting just 19 days each side flew an average of more than 1000 sorties per day and both sides lost around one-third of their aircraft. With archive photos spectacular combat artwork 3D diagrams and maps this book unravels the complexities of one of the fiercest air wars of modern times and explains how Israel's eventual victory was achieved against the odds and at a grave cost.
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Brand: Osprey Publishing
Features: Scale:, Military Branch:, Conflict: Cold War
SKU: MAC29453
MPN: 9781472858283
