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===Middle East===
===Middle East===
In the [[Six Day War]], most of the Arab combatants’ aircraft were destroyed on the ground by the initial Israeli airstrikes of June 6. Syrian Frescoes did manage an offensive mission in the late morning of that day, while the IAF was still occupied with destroying the Egyptian airfields. Twelve MiG-17s, with an escort of [[MiG-19]]s and [[MiG-21]]s, attacked the oil refinery at [[Haifa]]. Damage was light however, and two Frescoes were downed by anti-aircraft fire. Syria’s and Egypt’s remaining MiG-17s flew combat air patrols, performed hit and run raids on Israeli forces, and even shot down a couple of Israeli fighters, but were by and large outclassed in air combat.<ref>''Arab MiG-19 and MiG-21 Units in Combat'', by David Nicolle and Tom Cooper, Osprey Publishing, 2004</ref>
[[Egypt]] acquired about a dozen MiG-17s between 1955 and 1956, just in time to see action in the [[Suez Crisis]], and they scored some successes against the [[Israel]]is, on the air and on the ground. A few of them were flown by Soviet advisors.<ref>[http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_256.shtml Suez Crisis, 1956]</ref> After the war, Egyptian Frescoes were involved in occasional dogfights with Israeli Mysteres, which the MiGs were usually on the losing side of.<ref>''Dogfight: Military Aircraft Compared and Contrasted'', by Robert Jackson and Jim Winchester, Amber Books, 2006</ref>
In the [[Six Day War]], most of the Arab combatants’ aircraft were destroyed on the ground by the initial Israeli airstrikes of June 6. [[Syria]]n Frescoes did manage an offensive mission in the late morning of that day, while the IAF was still occupied with destroying the Egyptian airfields. Twelve MiG-17s, with an escort of [[MiG-19]]s and [[MiG-21]]s, attacked the oil refinery at [[Haifa]]. Damage was light however, and two Frescoes were downed by anti-aircraft fire. Syria’s and Egypt’s remaining MiG-17s flew combat air patrols, performed hit and run raids on Israeli forces, and even shot down a couple of Israeli fighters, but were by and large outclassed in air combat.<ref>''Arab MiG-19 and MiG-21 Units in Combat'', by David Nicolle and Tom Cooper, Osprey Publishing, 2004</ref>
Egypt and Syria replaced their losses quickly after the war ended, and Egyptian Frescoes were active in the [[War of Attrition]], carrying out several moderately successful strikes.<ref>[http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_263.shtml War of Attrition, 1969-1970]</ref>
Egypt and Syria replaced their losses quickly after the war ended, and Egyptian Frescoes were active in the [[War of Attrition]], carrying out several moderately successful strikes.<ref>[http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_263.shtml War of Attrition, 1969-1970]</ref>