IDAF is equipped with soviet weapons

destiple

Banned
Year is 1980,

the fourth arab israeli war never happened , the tensions were defused at that time with diplomacy but uneasy peace has prevailed since 1967 war/war of attrition

but the alliances has switched , EGypt ,KSA have great relations with USA now ( as part of avoiding the oil crisis of 1973), Syria has cut ties with USSR but has good relations with France atleast

Israel with its series of left wing govt has fallen out of favor with US and is relying on older french and turned to USSR military equipment after embargo from the west.

so now that things come to a head in 1980, the belligerants are poised for a major war ( we will focus on airwar only here and disregard political ramifications please ) .Roughly this is what the lineup looks like

Egypt has
50 F-4E
24 A-7
40 F-5A
60 older model Mig-21F/PF

KSA
20 F-15C
40 F-5E
20 lightning

Syria
50 Mig-21F/PF
50 Mirage III/5
24 Mirage F1

Israel
40 Mirage III
60 Kfir/nesher
150 Mig-21MF/Mig-21bis
60 Mig-23MF
30 Mig-25
40 Su-17/22


What is the likely outcome ? What tactics should IDAF use to minimize the disadvantages of soviet aircraft ? and how can they exploit the weaknesses of the arab air arms
 
If the Israelis launch a pre-emptive strike due to the political situation (like OTL) them a lot of the Arab aircraft and destroyed on the ground. What happens in the air depends a great deal on the quality of the air staffs and hugely on the quality of the pilots. If those qualities remain the same relatively, then the results are similar although the Israelis may lose some more aircraft. Also, what about the ground crews - repairing damage, turning around aircraft between missions are key and the Israelis had a large advantage there as well.

There is also no reason to expect that the Israelis don't put their own avionics in these aircraft, like they did OTL.
 
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