The Ofira Air Battle - Historic mission for WOI

Historical Wings over Israel missions:

The first air battle of Yom Kippur war

The Ofira Air Battle was the first air battles of the Yom Kippur War. It took place near the Israeli Air Force base in Ofira, Sharm el-Sheikh in South Sinai on 6 October, 1973, around 14:00. It involved two Israeli Phantoms from the 107, knights of the Orange tail squadron and, 20 Egyptian MiG-17s, that were on their way to attack Israeli Defense Forces in the area. They were supported by eight MiG-21s fighters. By the end of the brief six-minute battle, seven MiGs were confirmed to have been shot down. The remaining MiGs disengaged and the Israeli Phantoms returned to their base.

The crews of the Israeli F-4 were awarded with The Medal of Distinguished Service at the end of the war.

Link to the story of the battle:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofira_Air_Battle

To install:

Copy the 3 msn files into:

\Wings Over Israel\Missions. Folder

You can play either the Israeli side, or the Egyptian side.

In order to play the Egyptian side, you must have the Mig-17 and the Mig-21PFM add-on installed.

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Enjoy

Guyran