Jezreel Valley Mysteres: The Mystere IVA in Israeli Air Force Service, Squadron 109, 1956-1968

Israel acquired sixty—one Dassault Mystere IVA combat aircraft from France that were delivered to the Israeli Air Force from April to September 1956 and were issued to two units: Squadron 101 at Hatzor, in the south, and Squadron 109 at Ramat David, in the north. From 1956 until 1959, and to a lesser extent from 1959 until 1962, the Mystere was the ILAF's cutting—edge interceptor. From 1959, the Mystere's main mission shifted from air—to—air to air—to—ground, as more modern interceptors—Sup...