Casemate Air Combat During Arab-Israeli Wars - KAGERO

[Julien]

Air Combat During Arab-Israeli Wars

ISBN : 9788365437495

Kagero via Casemate UK

 

 

The state of Israel was forged through conflict and seems to have been in a constant state of conflict with its neighbours ever since. This books looks at these conflicts through the use of Air Power which has no doubt helped considerably since the days of buying old WWII fighters to the new aircraft supplied by their major ally the USA. The book is softbound a little less than A4 size with 104 pages. It is illustrated throughout by many photographs and colour plates of the aircraft involved.

 

 

Te first half of the book concentrates on on the beginnings of aviation in what was then Palestine and the develops from there including Air Combat in 1948, Development of the Israeli Air Force, Testing of Captured MiGs, and he relationship between Israel and Poland. Before the War LOT was instrumental in providing air services to the then Palestine. In addition Poland supplied aircraft to Israel in 1948. In latter years Polish aircraft have taken part in jont exercises in Israel, and Israeli F-15s have visited Poland where they flew over Auschwitz. It has since emerged that in 1997 the Polish "lent" 3 MiG-29s to the Israeli Air Force Test centre for evaluation due these aircraft being used by counties around Israel. 

 

 

The second part of the book concentrates on air combat since 1956 including;

 

• The Suez Crisis
• The Six Day War
• The Yom Kippur War
• Bekaa Valley (1982)

 

 

Conclusion

If you're interested in these conflicts, this is an interesting book on an interesting subject that should give you some hours of entertainment, and remain on hand as a reference for the modeller or historian.

 

Recommended.

 

Review sample courtesy of

 

 

[Antoine]

I was aware of this book, but I didn't really know what to expect.

Anyone already read it?

[4scourge7]

On ‎23‎/‎08‎/‎2017 at 0:03 PM, Julien said:

 

Conclusion

If you're interested in these conflicts, this is an interesting book on an interesting subject that should give you some hours of entertainment, and remain on hand as a reference for the modeller or historian.

 

Recommended.

 

Nice review Julien, looks like some rare pics are included from the examples that you provide.

I wasn`t aware of this release, but at a reasonable price, it`s certainly worth a look.

 

Cheers, Ian

[John Masters]

Are there any decals included?  Kagero sometimes does this...

[Julien]

2 hours ago, John D.C. Masters said:

Are there any decals included?  Kagero sometimes does this...

No not for this one.