F-84F the Hog - La 1ère Escadre de Chasse repaint (IAF)

JensOle said:
Great work! The "Israeli" F-84Fs certainly is an interesting story. Who did they think they were tricking...?
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There was nothing tricking or secret about that at all! As EC 1 was based in Israel, at Lod International Airport , ( today better known as Ben Gurion International Airport), fear excisted that Israeli AAA could accidently mistaken the French aircraft for Egytian ones, trying to land on Lydda. Hence the Israeli national insignia on the F-84F's. :very_drunk:

EC 3 werebased in Israel as well, but later in the conflict ( while retaining their French national insignia).


Cheers
 
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