The MD.450 jet fighter-bomber was the 1st French designed jet fighter to enter production, but it reached its greatest fame and acceptance in the service of Israel. The book begins with the complex circumstances over IAF acquisition of the type, which finally joined the order of battle in October 1955. Follows the robust Ouragan (Hurricane) through the Sinai Campaign (October-November 1956), Operational Training Unit duty (from late 1956), the Six Day War (June 1967), the War of Attrition (March 1969-August 1970) and on to retirement in 1973 (excepting Ouragan No 10 which remained flyable until 1976).

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This book is authored by Ra'anan Weiss & Shlomo Aloni, and it focuses mostly on the history of the Dassault Ouragan in Israeli service.  The size of the book is 21x29.7 cm.  

This book is a fascinating read as it tells the history behind the search for a first generation jet fighter to counter rival air forces in the middle east and their first generation jet fighters.  The many, many archival photos help tell the story.  The photos cover a variety of things including the crews and some more interesting photos of day to day operations as well as such things as crashed jets etc.

This is a very interesting book if you have a passion for the Isreali Air force.  Also check out the IsraDecal website for all their resin conversion sets and decals for Israeli aircraft in a variety of scales.

Steve

I would like to thank IsraDecal for providing me with this review sample.