The Israel Air Force IAF has accumulated as much battle experience as any air force in the world during the postSecond World War era and it has recorded many outstanding accomplishments throughout a seemingly endless string of interstate wars asymmetrical wars counterinsurgency campaigns and special operations. ... This book examines the IAFs experience in the ArabIsraeli conflict from the establishment of Israel in 1948 to the present day. It analyzes this experience through the prisms of man