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Success Depends on Air Superiority Success Depends on Air Superiority
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The IAF's Priorities The IAF's Priorities
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Airfields versus Missiles Airfields versus Missiles
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Tagar in Egypt versus Dugman in Syria Tagar in Egypt versus Dugman in Syria
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The IAF's Timetable The IAF's Timetable
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The IAF's Deployment for War The IAF's Deployment for War
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The IAF's Missions on Sunday The IAF's Missions on Sunday
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Cancellation of Tagar and the Switch to Dugman Cancellation of Tagar and the Switch to Dugman
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Who Gets Air Assistance: North or South? Who Gets Air Assistance: North or South?
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Attacking the Bridges on the Canal Attacking the Bridges on the Canal
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The IAF's Role in the Counterattack The IAF's Role in the Counterattack
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Elazar Halts the Attack on the Bridges Elazar Halts the Attack on the Bridges
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The IAF Approaches the “Red Line” The IAF Approaches the “Red Line”
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Flaws in the IAF's Performance Flaws in the IAF's Performance
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Failure to Adapt to the Enemy's New Air Defenses Failure to Adapt to the Enemy's New Air Defenses
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Focus on the Missile Threat Focus on the Missile Threat
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Failure to Execute Bendigo Failure to Execute Bendigo
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Wrong Priorities Wrong Priorities
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The Decision to Scrap Scratch The Decision to Scrap Scratch
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Failure to Meet the Ground Forces' Unrealistic Expectations Failure to Meet the Ground Forces' Unrealistic Expectations
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Unrealistic Timetables Unrealistic Timetables
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Failure to Carry out Tagar Failure to Carry out Tagar
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IAF Participation: Too Late and Too Sporadic IAF Participation: Too Late and Too Sporadic
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The Shift to Dugman The Shift to Dugman
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The IAF Was Thrown Off-Kilter The IAF Was Thrown Off-Kilter
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IAF Targets: The Bridges IAF Targets: The Bridges
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The IAF's Ignorance of the Counterattack The IAF's Ignorance of the Counterattack
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Disappointment from and in the IAF Disappointment from and in the IAF
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The Main Problem: Close Air Support The Main Problem: Close Air Support
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Unavailability of Real-Time Intelligence Unavailability of Real-Time Intelligence
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The Unacceptable Price of Ground Support The Unacceptable Price of Ground Support
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The IAF's Impact on the War The IAF's Impact on the War
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Egyptian Assessment of the IAF's Performance Egyptian Assessment of the IAF's Performance
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The Agranat Commission's Assessment The Agranat Commission's Assessment
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Abstract
The ground forces had high expectations of the IAF. Elazar remained vague about the IAF's role in the defensive campaign, but he made it clear that the regulars would have to hang on singlehandedly for a “few hours” until the IAF attained air superiority (ninety-six hours, according to the IAF commander). No one checked the calculations or asked whether the small regular army could hold the line alone for such a long time. Ground support was third on the IAF's list of priorities, after defense of the skies and air superiority. The IAF had little interest in the ground forces’ targets, regarding them as “a pain in the ass” and usually missing them. The IAF's accomplishments in the war were minimal, and its assistance to the ground forces negligible.
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