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Israel’s use of it. See Dupuy, Elusive Victory, 549; Coleman, “The Israeli Air
Force,” 18; and Nordeen, Air Warfare, 162–63.
20. Van Creveld, The Washington Papers, 31–32; Luttwak and Horowitz,
The Israeli War, 350–51; Hansen, “The Development of Soviet Air Defense,”
533; Historical Evaluation and Research Organization, “The Middle East
War,” 148, 177; and Drew Middleton, “Missiles Blunt Thrust of Traditional
Tank-Plane Team,” New York Times, 2 November 1973, 19.
21. “Bekaa Valley Combat,” 1110; William Haddad, “Divided Lebanon,”
Current History, January 1982, 35.
22. “Antiaircraft Defence Force: The PLO in Lebanon,” Born in Battle, no. 27,
7, 32; R. D. M. Furlong, “Israel Lashes Out,” Interavia, August 1982, 1002–3;
Clarence Robinson Jr., “Surveillance Integration Pivotal in Israeli Successes,”
Aviation Week, 5 July 1982, 17; Edgar Ulsamer, “In Focus: TAC Air
Feels the Squeeze,” Air Force Magazine, October 1982, 23; and Anthony
Cordesman, “The Sixth Arab-Israeli Conflict,” Armed Forces Journal International,
August 1982, 30. The IAF may have destroyed as many as 108 Syrian
aircraft. See “Syrian Resupply,” Aerospace Daily, 15 November 1982, 74.
23. Furlong, “Israel,” 1002–3; Robinson, “Surveillance,”17; Ulsamer, “In
Focus,” 23; Cordesman, “Sixth Arab-Israeli Conflict,” 30; “Bekaa Valley
Combat,” 1110; Drew Middleton, “Soviet Arms Come in Second in Lebanon,”
New York Times, 19 September 1982, 2E; “Israeli Defense Forces in the
Lebanon War,” Born in Battle, no. 30, 22, 45–47; “The Syrians in Lebanon,”
no. 27, 12, 28, 31–33; and “SA-9 Firings Seen Part of Attempt to Probe Israeli
Capabilities,” Aerospace Daily, 8 November 1982, 45.
24. Eugene Kozicharow, “Navy Blames Aircraft Loss on Soviet Sensor
Change,” Aviation Week, 12 December 1983, 25–26; Richard Halloran, “Navy,
Stung by Criticism, Defends Cost of Bombing Raid in Lebanon,” New York
Times, 7 December 1983, 1, 19; and Thomas Friedman, “US Ships Attack
Syrian Positions in Beirut Region,” New York Times, 14 December 1983, 1.
25. “US Demonstrates Advanced Weapons Technology in Libya,” Aviation
Week, 21 April 1986, 19; Fred Hiatt, “Jet Believed Lost, 5 Sites Damaged in
Raid on Libya,” Washington Post, 16 April 1986, A25; and Anthony Cordesman,
“After the Raid,” Armed Forces, August 1986, 359.
26. Cordesman, “After the Raid,” 358, 360.
27. Ibid., 355–60; “US Air Power Hits Back,” Defence Update/73, 1986,
27–32; Hiatt, “Jet Believed Lost,” A25; “US Demonstrates Advanced
Weapons Technology in Libya,” 20, 21; David North, “Air Force, Navy Brief
Congress on Lessons from Libya Strikes,” Aviation Week, 2 June 1986, 63;
and Judith Miller, “Malta Says Libya Got Tip on Raid,” New York Times, 6
August 1983, 1, 8.
28. Flintham, Air Wars and Aircraft, 195; John Fricker, Battle for Pakistan:
The Air War of 1965 (London: Allan, 1979), 122, 124, 183–84. Slightly different
claims can be found in Nordeen, Air Warfare, 113.
29. Flintham, Air Wars and Aircraft, 200–202; John Fricker, “Post-
Mortem of an Air War,” Air Enthusiast, May 1972, 230, 232; Nordeen, Air
177