History - Dogfights Desert Aces

In the skies above the Middle East, bold Israeli pilots fly delta-winged interceptors in dogfights, overcoming the limitations of their airframe in some of the most harrowing dogfights of the jet age. Ran Ronen is hungry for his first kill as he goes up against the skilled and aggressive Jordanian pilots. A ferocious dogfight across the desert skies pits the supersonic Mirage III against an agile Hunter Mk 6 with twice the firepower. Giora Epstein, Israel's Ace of Aces, leads a four ship of Nesher aircraft towards the Suez Canal. His flight is snared in a lethal trap - 20 MiG-21s spring up from below. A swirling furball develops in one of the biggest delta-wing combats in history. Israel's "delta winged warriors" have to prove themselves in combat at jet speeds over the desert.

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