The Israeli censors finally approved the release of details surrounding a 1982 reconnaisance operation over Iraq, involving two Israeli RF-4E aircraft.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/133011
According to the report, the operation took place in January 1982 – several months after the raid on Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor. The Israeli aircraft were reportedly pursued by an Iraqi MiG-21, which ran out of fuel and crashed attempting to intercept the F-4’s.
Given the ongoing sabre-rattling over Iran, the timing of this release has to make me wonder if this isn’t a thinly veiled warning regarding the reach of the IDFAF.
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August 21, 2009 at 12:45 pm