his standalone collection is intended to recreate a couple of the aircraft used in the encounters between the IAF and EAF over the Suez Canal and Bardawil Lake in 1956.
*** Credit for the aircraft models go to BorekS for the Mig 15bis, available at his website and to Johnno UK for the Metero F8 avalable at Reg's Hanger. ***
Operation Kadech(Suez Crisis)- Egypt bought two squadrons of MiG-15bis and MiG-17 fighters in 1955 from Czechoslovakia with the sponsorship and support of the USSR, just in time to participate in the Suez Canal Crisis. By the outbreak of the Suez conflict in October 1956, four squadrons of the Egyptian Air Force were equipped with the type, although few pilots were trained to fly them effectively.
They first saw aerial action on the morning of October 30, intercepting four RAF Canberra bombers on a reconnaissance mission over the Canal Zone, damaging one. Later that day, MiG-15s attacked Israeli forces at Mitla and El Thamed in the Sinai, destroying half a dozen vehicles. As a result, the Israeli Air Force instituted a standing combat air patrol over the Canal, and the next attack resulted in two MiGs downed by Israeli Mysteres, although the Egyptian planes were able to successfully hit the Israeli troops.
The next day, the MiGs evened the score somewhat when they badly damaged two IAF Ouragan fighters, forcing one of them to crash-land in the desert. British and French warplanes then began a systematic bombing campaign of Egyptian air bases, destroying at least eight MiGs and dozens of other Egyptian aircraft on the ground and forcing the others to disperse. The remaining planes still managed to fly some attack missions, but the Egyptians had lost air superiority.
During air combat against the Israeli Air Force, Egyptian MiG-15bis managed to shoot down only three Israeli aircraft: a Piper Cub and a Meteor F.8 on 30 October 1956, and a Dassault Ouragan on 1 November, which performed a belly landing — this last victory was scored by the Egyptian pilot Faruq el-Gazzavi.
Egyptian MiG-15bis, Lake Bardawil, 1956
An Egyptian MiG-15 was damaged, but the pilot managed to ditch in Lake Bardawil, and the plane was salvaged by Israeli forces and was put on display.
Installation: ***Back Up Your Originals Before You Replace Anything***
The IAF_F8_004, jb_meteor_shared, and mig_15bis-Egypt folders go in your MAW Aircraft folder. The contents of the Pylons, Guns, Weapons, and Effects folders go in their respective MAW folders.
The Shaders30 folder and the Reticle dds files in the Effects/fxtextures folder are only relevant if you are using AnKor's shaders for the dynamic gunsight reticles with trackIR.
For the Egyptian green tracers add these lines to your effects.xml file.
For the dynamic reticles add these lines to your effects.xml file.
*** Credit for the aircraft models go to BorekS for the Mig 15bis, available at his website and to Johnno UK for the Metero F8 avalable at Reg's Hanger. ***
Operation Kadech(Suez Crisis)- Egypt bought two squadrons of MiG-15bis and MiG-17 fighters in 1955 from Czechoslovakia with the sponsorship and support of the USSR, just in time to participate in the Suez Canal Crisis. By the outbreak of the Suez conflict in October 1956, four squadrons of the Egyptian Air Force were equipped with the type, although few pilots were trained to fly them effectively.
They first saw aerial action on the morning of October 30, intercepting four RAF Canberra bombers on a reconnaissance mission over the Canal Zone, damaging one. Later that day, MiG-15s attacked Israeli forces at Mitla and El Thamed in the Sinai, destroying half a dozen vehicles. As a result, the Israeli Air Force instituted a standing combat air patrol over the Canal, and the next attack resulted in two MiGs downed by Israeli Mysteres, although the Egyptian planes were able to successfully hit the Israeli troops.
The next day, the MiGs evened the score somewhat when they badly damaged two IAF Ouragan fighters, forcing one of them to crash-land in the desert. British and French warplanes then began a systematic bombing campaign of Egyptian air bases, destroying at least eight MiGs and dozens of other Egyptian aircraft on the ground and forcing the others to disperse. The remaining planes still managed to fly some attack missions, but the Egyptians had lost air superiority.
During air combat against the Israeli Air Force, Egyptian MiG-15bis managed to shoot down only three Israeli aircraft: a Piper Cub and a Meteor F.8 on 30 October 1956, and a Dassault Ouragan on 1 November, which performed a belly landing — this last victory was scored by the Egyptian pilot Faruq el-Gazzavi.
Egyptian MiG-15bis, Lake Bardawil, 1956
An Egyptian MiG-15 was damaged, but the pilot managed to ditch in Lake Bardawil, and the plane was salvaged by Israeli forces and was put on display.
Installation: ***Back Up Your Originals Before You Replace Anything***
The IAF_F8_004, jb_meteor_shared, and mig_15bis-Egypt folders go in your MAW Aircraft folder. The contents of the Pylons, Guns, Weapons, and Effects folders go in their respective MAW folders.
The Shaders30 folder and the Reticle dds files in the Effects/fxtextures folder are only relevant if you are using AnKor's shaders for the dynamic gunsight reticles with trackIR.
For the Egyptian green tracers add these lines to your effects.xml file.
For the dynamic reticles add these lines to your effects.xml file.
