Aviones - Israel: libros - historia y modelos

Vultures Over Israel - The Vautour in Israeli Service: Squadron 110 1957-1971

Este libro ilustrado narra la historia del Sud Aviation Vautour, un avión militar francés a reacción diseñado para ataque, bombardeo, combate nocturno y reconocimiento.
Producido desde principios de los años 50, sirvió en la Fuerza Aérea francesa y fue exportado a Israel, que fue el único país que operó las tres variantes principales: IIA (ataque), IIB (bombardero/reconocimiento) e IIN (cazador nocturno).

En el servicio israelí, los Vautour desempeñaron un papel clave en varios conflictos: el Escuadrón 110 empleó Vautour IIB de reconocimiento para recopilar imágenes para la Operación Focus, el ataque preventivo que dio inicio a la Guerra de los Seis Días en 1967. Al mismo tiempo, los Vautour de ataque realizaron misiones de bombardeo en tierra durante ese conflicto.

El libro está profusamente ilustrado con fotografías históricas raras y dibujos técnicos. Analiza el diseño del avión, su uso por la IAF y algunos ejemplares que aún sobreviven, constituyendo una referencia valiosa para historiadores de la aviación y modelistas.

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Israeli Air Force

En 2023, la Fuerza Aérea Israelí (IAF) celebró su 75º aniversario como una fuerza de defensa sofisticada y poderosa. Operando en una región volátil, se ha convertido en el principal pilar defensivo de la nación, respaldada por personal altamente capacitado y armamento moderno.

Actualmente, la IAF opera 402 aeronaves, incluyendo 290 cazabombarderos, 136 helicópteros y 80 vehículos aéreos no tripulados para reconocimiento, vigilancia y combate. Cada año, realiza cientos de misiones de combate y entrenamiento para mantener la preparación y proteger las fronteras nacionales.

Este libro explora la historia de la IAF, sus aeronaves y las guerras significativas que han moldeado la actual fuerza aérea.

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Jezreel Valley Mysteres : The Mystere Iva in Israeli Air Force Service, Squadron 109, 1956-1968

Israel acquired sixty-one Dassault Mystere IVA combat aircraft from France that were delivered to the Israeli Air Force from April to September 1956 and were issued to two units: Squadron 101 at Hatzor, in the south, and Squadron 109 at Ramat David, in the north.
From 1956 until 1959, and to a lesser extent from 1959 until 1962, the Mystere was the ILAF's cutting-edge interceptor.

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From 1959, the Mystere's main mission shifted from air-to-air to air-to-ground, as more modern interceptors - Super Mystere from 1959 and Mirage from 1962 - entered Israeli Air Force service. At the same time, the Israeli Air Force initiated an effort to introduce an attack aircraft to succeed the Mystere.
The Squadron 109 Mystere era therefore covered mostly air-to-air from 1956 until 1962 and mostly air-to-ground from 1962 until 1968.

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The Israeli Airforce 1947-1960 : An Illustrated History

The writing of this book, the first in-depth and fully detailed research about the early years of the Chel Ha'avir - from the light-plane days to the supersonic fighters received roughly ten years later - is the culmination of a long research period by the author. Research that was made harder by the tight - but understandable and respected - security measures involving Israel's Forces.
An exceptional source of information has been the help provided by many Chel Ha'Avir veterans who fought in the early days during 1948/1949, and those who helped establish a viable air force in 1949-1956 in spite of tight budgets, obsolescent equipment and lack of experience, and also those who fought in Sinai in late 1956, establishing the seeds for its future role as the airborne shield of Israel.

As the reader will discover, the beginnings were extremely hard, and the Chel Ha'Avir had to face unfriendly attitudes from both the United States and the United Kingdom, which took place while many people - civilian and military - were dying in the newborn Hebrew state. But in observing that official policies do not always reflect the citizenship's feelings, most of the colorful band of foreign volunteers that helped the Chel Ha'avir - and the other defense forces - to resist, fight back and win, came from those countries. These foreign volunteers, mostly with combat experience in World War II, provided a core in which many highly talented young Israelis learned fast.

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