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==Phantoms over Isreal==

==Phantoms over Isreal==

The Phantom was first acquired by the Israeli Defense Forces in September 1969, and 67 days later, the F-4 saw aerial combat with the Israelis for the first time, when a Phantom crew shot down an Egyptian Mig-21.  The Phantom was in Israeli service from 1969 to 1982 and fought in the War of Attrition, the Yom Kippur War, and the 1982 war in Lebanon.  It was used mainly as a fighter-bomber, although Israeli F-4s scored a total of 116.5 air-to-air kills.[http://home.att.net/~jBaugher1/f4_41.html]  The Israeli name for the F-4 was the ''Kurnass'' (sledgehammer).<ref>Israeli F-4 Phantom II Aces, by Shlomo Aloni, Osprey Publishing, 2004</ref>

The Phantom was first acquired by the Israeli Defense Forces in September 1969, and 67 days later, the F-4 saw aerial combat with the Israelis for the first time, when a Phantom crew shot down an Egyptian Mig-21.  Phantoms took part in the War of Attrition, the Yom Kippur War (suffering heavy losses), and the 1982 war in Lebanon.  The Phantom was used mainly as a fighter-bomber, although Israeli F-4s scored a total of 116.5 air-to-air kills.[http://home.att.net/~jBaugher1/f4_41.html]  The Israeli name for the F-4 was the ''Kurnass'' (sledgehammer).<ref>Israeli F-4 Phantom II Aces, by Shlomo Aloni, Osprey Publishing, 2004</ref>

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