| mrstickball said: Woops, didn't read the enitrety of the Egyptian/Israeli aircraft loss table. Egypt was indeed running top-of-the-line aircraft beyond the Mig-21 in the Su-17/20 which was put in service in 1969. Comparatively, the F-4 was produced in 1960. |
The F-4 superiority in design to the mig 21 can't be debated and has been proven by the 6 october war and post war analysis of both aircrafts performance.
oh yah and i found the thing i read its on wikipedia
Almost a full year before the war, in an October 24, 1972 meeting with his Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Sadat declared his intention to go to war with Israel even without proper Soviet support.[28]
su-7b was used which is an old fighter started production in 1955. israel later in the war got the most advanced planes notably
On October 13 and 15, Egyptian air defense radars detected an aircraft at an altitude of 25,000 metres (82,000 ft) and a speed of Mach 3, making it impossible to intercept either by fighter or SAM missiles. The aircraft proceeded to cross the whole of the canal zone, the naval ports of the Red Sea (Hurghada and Safaga), flew over the airbases and air defenses in the Nile delta, and finally disappeared from radar screens over the Mediterranean Sea. The speed and altitude were those of the US SR-71 Blackbird, a long-range strategic-reconnaissance aircraft. According to Egyptian commanders, the intelligence provided by both reconnaissance flights helped the Israelis prepare for the Egyptian attack on October 14 and assisted it in conducting Operation Stouthearted Men.[214][215][216]
shows that the supplies made a huge difference
