Søkt på: Søkeresultat
totalt 60 treff
Lebanese Civil War
Following years of growing tensions, in June 1982 Israel launched an all-out invasion of Lebanon. During the night from 5 to 6 June 1982, four armored divisions of the Israeli …
Hot Skies Over Yemen
Since September 1962, hardly a week passed without a major armed confrontation or an outright war in Yemen. The number of long-lasting insurgencies, mutinies, rebellions, or …
Israeli Air Force Operations in the 1956 Suez War
By participating in 1956 Suez Crisis Israel exploited an opportunity to join forces with France and the United Kingdom in an attack against Egypt in order to accomplish diplomatic, …
The Iran-Iraq War
The Iran-Iraq War was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 20th Century and accidentally created the current nightmare of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism. There have been many …
Syrian Conflagration
The Syrian Civil War, (the colloquial name of the ongoing conflict in Syria), has experienced an entirely unexpected transformation during its first two years. It started as unrest …
Mig-23 Flogger in the Middle East
Following a protracted research and development phase, Mikoyan Gurevich’s MiG-23 finally entered service with the former Soviet Air Force in the early 1970s. Almost immediately, a …
Juliet, Tango, November
On July 18, 1981, a Canadair CL-44D Swingtail cargo plane from the Argentine company Transporte A reo Rioplatense, mysteriously disappeared over the Soviet Republic of Armenia …
The Arab-Israeli War of Attrition, 1967-1973. Volume 2
The Arab-Israeli conflict persisted through two wars and ongoing border tensions. However, the Six-Day War of June 1967 was a cataclysm. Israel emerged victorious in a war with …
Israeli Air Force Operations in the 1948 War
Operation HOREV – the Israeli winter offensive from December 1948 until January 1949 – practically ended Israel’s War for Independence (also known as the 1948 Arab-Israeli War), …
Air Power and the Arab World 1909-1955, Volume 9
Volume 9 of the Air Power and the Arab World, 1909-1955 mini-series continues the story of the men and machines of the first half century of military aviation in the Arab World. …
75 Years of the Israeli Air Force Volume 3
The Israeli Air Force grew from humble beginnings to one of the largest and most experienced air combat teams in the world. This came through several major and minor wars with its …
The Military and Police Forces of the Gulf States Volume 3
In January 1839, Captain S.B. Haines of the Indian Marine, the East India Company’s navy, occupied Aden, a magnificent natural harbour located at the junction of the Red Sea and …