Experience of the Israeli Air Force in the Bekaa Valley War
This week, Israel increased airstrikes on the Bekaa Valley, deep in Lebanon, raising the death toll in Lebanon since the start of the conflict. For years, the Israeli Air Force has been a force that has no worthy opponent in the Middle East. Operation Mole can be considered the beginning of Israel's absolute domination. The Israelis have lost no aircraft in dogfights with Syrian fighter jets, although one Israeli plane was downed by a surface-to-air missile early in the war. The last Syrian-Israeli air battle took place on. The Israeli military said in a statement later in the day that its fighter jets had struck locations used by Hezbollah in the eastern Bekaa Valley. It said they were in retaliation for Hezbollah firing a weapon. To provide greater deterrence to Syria, the Israeli Air Force has carefully planned to directly attack the Syrian Sam, which is entrenched in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. Missile positions destroyed. It should be pointed out that the Sam air missile damaged Israel. Under the missile's attack, Israel sent F. - The Israeli Air Force IAF, today formally known as the Israeli Air and Space Force IASF, has amassed a vast amount of combat experience in its more than sixty years of existence. It has waged six interstate wars against opponents in the Arab world: - of Independence, Sinai Campaign, Six Days. The Israeli military said its warplanes struck Hezbollah's air defenses in the Beqaa Valley in response to the group's downing of an Israeli drone earlier in the day. There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah, which earlier said its fighters shot down the drone using a surface-to-air missile. Against the odds, such an unlikely force was able to do surprisingly well against its larger, better equipped Arab opponents. from Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. However, once the war's ceasefire ended, Israel faced an uncertain future. The war had made clear to Israel's leaders the need for air. Several media outlets in both Lebanon and Israel are reporting on a series of airstrikes carried out by Israeli warplanes in the evening of February in the Lebanese-Syrian border area. Al-Arabiya. The Bekaa Valley in Lebanon will play a crucial role in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. The eastern edge forms the border with Syria, allowing for a spillover of the conflict. It is also Syria's economic lifeline, which Damascus would hate to lose. And the valley's easily defensible geography means Israel will face an uphill battle. The MiG-21s providing a close escort lost six of their number in a series of battles, half of them to F-15s. Officially, the Israelis claimed that Syrian aircraft had been shot down between June 5 and 12, 1982. Gaza war. While cross-border fighting between Hezbollah and Israel has been largely confined to the land south of the Litani River, the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon has been hit four times by the Israeli army in recent hours. have been beaten a fifth. This is the second time since the war.