MISSILES AND AIRCRAFT (PART1)

Abstract

Many sources maintain that the role played by air power in the 1973 Yom Kippur War was important. Other interpretations state that control of air space over the battlefield areas, (either by aircraft or anti-aircraft defences), was vital.

Keywords

• significance of air weapons
• Yom Kippur War
• role played by air power
• Ju-57's
• Luftwaffe Condor Legion
• Royal Air Force
• Operation Sea Lion
• The Battle of Kursk
• Air Power at Kursk
• German air defences