Key Information
Reference code
FIFTY YEARS WAR 2/22
Title
Transcript of interview, 1997, with General Mordechai Hod, Israeli Air Force
Date(s)
- 1997 Jan 21 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
22pp
Scope and content
Typescript transcript of interview with Gen Mordechai Hod, Commanding General of Israeli Air Force, describing the Air force strategy in the lead up to the Six Day War; visit of Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Defence Force Chief of Staff 1964-1968, to Akron Air Base (June 1967) to assess moral; timing of the air strike against Egyptian air fields 5 Jun 1967; Israeli intelligence on Egyptian air force; air force involvement in attack on Syrians in Golan Heights (10 Jun 1967); air defense tactics against Syrian tanks entering Jordan during 'Black September' uprising, (Sep 1970). 22pp