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The Kfir was utilized because they both shared the common characteristic of being very fast-accelerating, as well as achieving a top speed of above Mach 2. The MiG-23 was targeted as the "enemy" aircraft because at this time the MiG-23 was being introduced in very large numbers, and was a very capable aircraft compared to earlier Soviet types.
The squadron was formed on January 5, 1996 at the SLAF Katunayake with six IAI Kfir multi-role fighter jets acquired from Israel, with US State Department approval. These included five C2 types and a TC.2 type trainer. At its formation the squadron had six pilots, four engineers and 70 technicians along with the six aircraft.
The Dassault Mirage 5 is a French supersonic attack aircraft/fighter-bomber designed by Dassault Aviation during the 1960s and manufactured in France and other countries. It was derived from Dassault's popular Mirage III fighter and spawned several variants of its own, including the IAI Kfir.
The Mirage III family has its origins within a series of studies conducted by the French Defence Ministry which had commenced in 1952. At the time, several nations had taken an interest in the prospects of a light fighter, which had been motivated by combat experiences acquired during the Korean War, specifically the Soviet-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 jet-propelled fighter aircraft which had ...
(Top) 1 Fixed wing combat types. ... List of aircraft of the Israeli Air Force: ... IAI Kfir: 1975: 1996: Kfir (Lion Cub) כפיר IAI Nesher: 1971:
The J79 was a popular American engine for combat aircraft, having already been used on fighters such as the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. The resulting aircraft was given the name IAI Kfir. [15]
Aircraft. IAI Arava military transport aircraft; IAI Sea Scan surveillance aircraft; IAI Nesher fighter aircraft; IAI Kfir fighter aircraft; ... speed, full load ...
A supersonic aircraft is an aircraft which can exceed the speed of sound (Mach 1.0) ... First supersonic civil aircraft since the Concorde [1] ... IAI Kfir: Israel ...