ʻO Yayi Kfir a me kāna lawelawe ma Hel HaAvir
Kfir S-7 me ka helu huelo 555, me ka inoa kūpono "Sabtai" (Saturn), e pili ana i ka helu 144th. Lawe ka kaʻa i nā missiles alakaʻi alakaʻi pōkole i ka lewa Rafael Python 3 ma luna.
ʻO ke kumu nui o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā mokulele kaua IAI Kfir ʻo ia ka makemake o ka ʻIseraʻela e lilo i ka liʻiliʻi o kahi kūʻokoʻa i ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā lako mokulele mai nā ʻāina ʻē. ʻO ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā mea kaua i ka ʻIseraʻela, i hāpai ʻia e nā luna Farani a me ʻAmelika ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ke kaua ʻeono lā i ka makahiki 1967, he hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ka pae o ka mākaukau kaua o Hel HaAvir (Israeli Air Force).
ʻO Farani, ka mea hoʻolako nui i nā mea kaua holomua, ʻo ka mokulele a me nā helikopter (Ouragan, Magister, Mystère, Vautour, Super Mystère, Mirage III, Noratlas, Alouette II, Super Frelon), a me nā kaʻa kaua liʻiliʻi loa (AMX-13). ʻAʻole ʻo ia i hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ka embargo, no laila ua kauoha ʻia ka mokulele Dassault Mirage 1967J ma mua o ke kaua 5, ʻoiai ua uku ʻia lākou, ʻaʻole i hiki i ka ʻIseraʻela. He ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mokulele ʻo IAI Neszer, i hoʻomohala pū ʻia me Mirage, ʻaʻole hiki ke hana me ka ʻole o ka launa pū ʻana me Dassault, akā pono e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia he hui pilikino kēia a ua hana ʻia nā mea āpau ma lalo o nā kūlana o ka hūnā. Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ke aupuni US i ka embargo ma ka hopena o 1967, e ʻae ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hoʻopuka ʻana i nā mokulele hoʻouka ʻo McDonnel Douglas A-4H Skyhawk. ʻO kēia naʻe, ua hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia wale nō ma ka māhele o nā kaʻa kākoʻo kokoke, kahi i lawe ai nā Skyhawks i nā hana i hana mua ʻia e nā mokulele o Farani - ka Mister IV a, ma luna o nā mea āpau, nā Hurricanes kahiko. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole kēia i hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kūlana o ka ʻāpana o nā kaʻa multi-purpose i hoʻohana ʻia no ke kuʻi ʻana i ka ʻāina a me ke kai, a no ka pale ʻana i ka ea o ka ʻāina, kahi i emi nui ai nā ʻauwaʻa o Mirage IIICJs ma hope o ke kaua. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa hiki ke kūʻai aku i nā mokulele McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II i kēlā manawa, akā i ka ʻIseraʻela ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia e hilinaʻi wale i ka lawe ʻana mai i nā mokulele mai nā ʻāina ʻē (he paʻakikī mau no ka politika a me ke kālā. kumu) a ua hoʻoholo ʻia e kaulike i nā kūʻai ma US ma o ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā huahana mai ka ʻoihana mokulele ponoʻī o ka hui.
I ʻOkakopa 1967, ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi Keʻena ʻOihana Aviation hou i ka Ministry of Defense o Israel, ʻo ka hana nui ʻo ia ka ʻae ʻana me Dassault no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kuleana e laikini i ka hana ʻana o nā mokulele Mirage 5J ma ʻIseraʻela. I Kekemapa 1967, hui pū nā ʻelele mai ka Ministry of Defense, Hel HaAvir, a me Israeli Aircraft Industry (IAI) me ka hoʻokele Dassault no kēia kumu. ʻO nā kūkākūkā ka hopena i ke kau inoa ʻana i kahi ʻaelike ma waena o IAI a me Dassault e hoʻomaka i ka hana laikini ʻana o nā mokulele Mirage 5 ma ʻIseraʻela, i manaʻo ʻia he 74 miliona Farani francs (ma kahi o 15 miliona mau kālā US ma ke kumukūʻai kūʻai. ʻOiai ua pāpā ke aupuni Farani iā Dassault mai ke kūʻai aku ʻana i ka laikini e hana i ka 1968 Mirage 50J ma ʻIseraʻela, ʻo ka hui Farani - ma ke ʻano he hui kūʻokoʻa loa - ʻaʻole i manaʻo pono e hoʻokō i ka embargo ma kēia ʻano a hoʻomau i ka hui pū ʻana. , ʻoiai he mea pohihihi ia mai ia manawa mai.
I ʻAukake i ka makahiki 1968, waiho ʻo Ben-Ami Gow, ke poʻo o ka ʻoihana hoʻolālā mokulele, i kahi hoʻolālā ʻelima makahiki no ka hana ʻana i nā mokulele ma ʻIseraʻela i ka Ministry of Defense. Ua koho ʻia ka inoa ʻo Ram (Hebrew: Grom) nona, i manaʻo mua ʻia no ka mokulele Mirage 5J laikini.
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