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The force probably received from 6 to 9 Hawker Hunters in 1983. In years 1985–1990 two aircraft shot down during on battles of opposition and next two loses on accidents. [13] The last Hunters destroyed or abandoned during the Somali Civil War. However four wrecks seen in Baiboa, but their current fate is unknown. [14] [15]
14 Sukhoi Su-7 'Fitters' (all from Egypt) 27 Hawker Hunters (21 from Jordan; five from Iraq; one from Lebanon) Bomber aircraft 31 Tupolev Tu-16 'Badgers' (30 from Egypt; one from Iraq) 31 Ilyushin Il-28 'Beagles' (27 from Egypt; two from Syria; two from Iraq) Transport aircraft 32 Ilyushin Il-14 'Crates' (30 from Egypt; two from Syria)
Egyptian Il-28s also took part in the North Yemen Civil War, starting in 1963. In addition to attacks on the royalist forces, they also bombed the Saudi cities of Jizan, Najran, and Khamis Mushait. [20] Two Egyptian Il-28s may have been shot down near Sanaa by Royal Saudi Air Force Hawker Hunters flown by British pilots, in 1966. [21]
The Hunter F.6 was given the company designation Hawker P.1099. [37] During the Suez Crisis of 1956, Hunter F.5s of No. 1 and No. 34 Squadrons based at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus flew escort for English Electric Canberra bombers on offensive missions into Egypt. [42] For most of the conflict the Hunters engaged in local air defence due to their ...
Roundel of the Egyptian Air Force Egyptian Air Force MiG-17 Egyptian Air Force F-4E Egyptian Air Force MiG-21 PFM during Operation Bright Star in 1982 Egyptian Air Force K-8E on display at the 2015 Malta International Airshow. The following is a list of the aircraft operated by the Egyptian Air Force throughout its history. Coloured cells ...
Number 111 (Fighter) Squadron, also known as No. CXI (F) Squadron and nicknamed Treble One, was a squadron of the Royal Air Force.It was formed in 1917 in the Middle East as No. 111 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps during the reorganisation of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force after General Edmund Allenby took command during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign.
Before the Yom Kippur War, the IQAF sent 12 Hawker Hunters to Egypt where they stayed to fight; only 1 survived the war. [9] The IQAF first received their Sukhoi Su-7s in 1968; they were originally stationed in Syria. Aircraft deployed to Syria suffered heavy losses due to Israeli aircraft and SAMs.
The Hawker Hunters were refueling at the time of the attack. The Israeli aircraft attacked in two waves, the first of which cratered the runways and knocked out the control towers, and the second wave destroyed all 21 of Jordan's Hawker Hunter fighters, along with six transport aircraft and two helicopters.