Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This is Part 3 of our video series covering the air war of the 1956 Suez Crisis, also known as the Second Arab-Israeli War. As Egyptians realized that the Israeli airborne assault on Mitla Pass in Sinai was in fact a much more complex operation, they employed their air force on a campaign of massive airstrikes against Israeli ground troops. The initial Israeli Air Force restraint opened large gaps in air coverage and Egyptians used them well. Day two of the war saw the first aerial victory for Egyptian MiG-15 pilots, the first combat sorties of their MiG-17s and a massive battle between MiG-15s and Israeli Mysteres over Kibrit airbase.
Watch the first two videos if you missed them:
youtu.be/FKkIAEZlKuw
youtu.be/XTR2vH4GBbY
Main sources:
- Wings Over Sinai: The Egyptian Air Force During The Sinai War, 1956
amzn.to/4fGKiUI
- MiGs in the Middle East Volume 1 - Soviet-Designed Combat Aircraft in Egypt, Iraq & Syria, 1955-1963
amzn.to/4evMzRH
- Israeli Air Force Operations in the 1956 Suez War: 29 October–8 November 1956
amzn.to/49wV9Pn
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Hitman by Kevin MacLeod
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#militaryaviationhistory #mig15 #israeliairforce
This is Part 3 of our video series covering the air war of the 1956 Suez Crisis, also known as the Second Arab-Israeli War. As Egyptians realized that the Israeli airborne assault on Mitla Pass in Sinai was in fact a much more complex operation, they employed their air force on a campaign of massive airstrikes against Israeli ground troops. The initial Israeli Air Force restraint opened large gaps in air coverage and Egyptians used them well. Day two of the war saw the first aerial victory for Egyptian MiG-15 pilots, the first combat sorties of their MiG-17s and a massive battle between MiG-15s and Israeli Mysteres over Kibrit airbase.
Watch the first two videos if you missed them:
youtu.be/FKkIAEZlKuw
youtu.be/XTR2vH4GBbY
Main sources:
- Wings Over Sinai: The Egyptian Air Force During The Sinai War, 1956
amzn.to/4fGKiUI
- MiGs in the Middle East Volume 1 - Soviet-Designed Combat Aircraft in Egypt, Iraq & Syria, 1955-1963
amzn.to/4evMzRH
- Israeli Air Force Operations in the 1956 Suez War: 29 October–8 November 1956
amzn.to/49wV9Pn
Support the channel on Patreon:patreon.com/showtime112
Donate via Paypal:paypal.com/paypalme/showtime112
Join our Discord server:discord.gg/c56q7tUNCP
Hitman by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3880-hitman
License: filmmusic.io/standard-license
#militaryaviationhistory #mig15 #israeliairforce
