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The Lebanese Air Forces have a long history operating Hawker Hunter jets since 1958. During the Six-Day War Two Hawker Hunter strafed Israeli positions in Galilee. One Lebanese Hawker Hunter was shot down by an Israeli Air Force Mirage IIICJ. [3] The Hawker Hunters have not flown any combat sorties since September 17, 1983.
The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF; Arabic: القوات المسلحة اللبنانية, romanized: Al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥa al-Lubnāniyya), also known as the Lebanese Army [3] (Arabic: الجيش اللبناني, romanized: Al-Jaish al-Lubnani), is the national military of the Republic of Lebanon.
This is a list of countries by level of military equipment, including naval ships, fighter aircraft and nuclear weapons. This list is indicative only, as strict comparisons cannot accurately be made. This list is indicative only, as strict comparisons cannot accurately be made.
The Israel Defense Force said it used fighter jets to target Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon. Photos show Israel's F-15I Ra'am 'Thunder' fighter jets used to target Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon Skip ...
Hezbollah possesses limited numbers of anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles, as well as thousands of anti-tank missiles. [21] The group does not have manned aircraft, tanks, or armored vehicles in Lebanon, as they cannot counter Israeli air supremacy. [5] [22] [d] However, Hezbollah maintains armor in neighboring Syria, including T-55 and T-72 ...
anti-aircraft missiles Hezbollah said on Oct. 29 it had shot down an Israeli drone over south Lebanon with a surface-to-air missile, the first time it has announced such an incident.
According to Lebanese officials, the Israeli military struck forty locations in southern Lebanon with about 100 fighter jets. Shortly after, according to Hezbollah, it launched over 320 rockets at northern Israel as "the first phase" of its response to Israel's July assassination of senior commander Fuad Shukr .
So far, the fighting has been contained to border areas, although Israeli jets have frequently buzzed Beirut, the Lebanese capital, and Hezbollah drones have buzzed Haifa, a major Israeli port.