The overwhelming success of this fighting force led Pavel Kutakhov to question how so many SAM (“sam”) batteries were destroyed in under an hour. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this fighting force that launched Operation Mole Cricket 19 in 1982. During the same decade, this fighting force outfitted many of its French-designed Dassault (“dah-SO”) Mirage IIIs (“threes”) with Rafael Python missiles.
ANSWER: Israeli Air Force [or Kheil HaAvir; or Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal; or IAF; prompt on Air Force by asking “of which country?”; prompt on Israeli military, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, Tzahal, or Tsva ha-Hagana le-Yisra’el by asking “which branch?”]
[10e] The surprise attack on the Beqaa (“buh-KAH”) Valley was reminiscent of the Israeli Air Force’s preemptive strike to effectively neutralize the Egyptian Air Force during this brief 1967 conflict.
ANSWER: Six-Day War [accept June War; accept Third Arab-Israeli War; accept an-Naksah or The Setback; accept Milḥemet Sheshet HaYamim]
[10m] As part of Operation Opera, the Israeli Air Force bombed this site in 1981 to set back the Iraqi nuclear program.
ANSWER: Osirak reactor [accept Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center]
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