69 Squadron (Israel)

69 Squadron (Israel)

The 69 Squadron Israeli Air Force (also known as The Hammers) was formed in 1948, and saw its first action on July 15, 1948 when Israeli fighters bombed targets in Cairo, Egypt. In its first twenty years of operation, the 69 squadron was composed of former US Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft, beginning with three B-17s in 1948, and receiving two additional B-17s in 1956.

The B-17 bombers from the 69 squadron were included in 103 Squadron in 1954, and were placed in storage for several months in 1956. In October 1956, squadron 69 was reactivated for the Sinai Campaign, but was disbanded at the end of that conflict.

Thirteen years later in 1969, the 69 squadron was reformed as a second F-4E Phantom group of fighters. In the 1970 War of Attrition Squadron 69 and Squadron 201 lost nine aircraft, but Israel received eight addition F-4E Phantoms in July 1970.

In 1971, the Israeli Air Force retasked several F-4E fighters into reconnaissance roles, changing their designation to "RF-4E". However, after several years of service, the reconnaissance planes returned to their combat roles. During the Yom Kippur war of 1973, Israel lost a number of F-4E Phantoms, while conducting attacks against Egyptian surface-to-air missile sites.

In the late 1990s, the 69 squadron was restructured once again to include Israel's new F-15Is, removing the F-4E Phantoms from the squadron. In early 2006 it was reported that the squadron was preparing for a possible preemptive strike against the Iranian nuclear program. [" [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1136361083662 Report: IAF trained for Iran attack] ", The Jerusalem Post. Accessed June 4, 2006.]

According to "The Sunday Times", F-15Is from the 69th Squadron took part in the September 6, 2007 airstrike on a suspected nuclear site in Syria, Operation Orchard. [cite news |first=Uzi |last=Mahnaimi |title= Israelis ‘blew apart Syrian nuclear cache’ |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article2461421.ece|publisher=The Sunday Times |date=2007-09-16 |accessdate=2007-09-16 ]

Notes

ee also

*List of Israeli Air Force aircraft squadrons

External links

* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/69squadron.htm Global Security Profile]


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