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Hobby Master 1/72 McDonnell Douglas F-4E Kurnass Israeli Air Force Jet Fighter Aircraft Model (HA1909)
McDonnell-Douglas F- 4E, Israeli Air Force Kurnass #08 201 Squadron "The One" Hatzor AFB,
November 11, 1969 True 1/72 scale Professionally painted Great attention to detail All
markings are Tampoed (pad applied) Option to display the model on a stand that is provided
Model can be shown with the landing gear in the down or up positions Loads of optional
armament has been provided Canopy can be displayed open or closed Extremely heavy metal
with a minimum of plastic Highly collectable
One pilot described the F-4 Phantom II as a brick with wings that they made fly . The McDonnell Douglas Phantom II had several variants produced with the F-4E variant being the most produced. The F-4E variant came with new improved engines, increased fuel capacity, re-designed nose containing smaller radar, leading edge slats and finally a 20mm cannon. The Kurnass was capable of carrying a large assortment of weapons including the AGM- 84 Harpoon missile as well as the Rafael Gabriel anti-ship missile and later the Rafael Popeye air-to-surface missile. The Kurnass was also frequently used in SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defences) roles. The Israeli Air Force (IAF; Hebrew: , Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal) first took possession of their new F-4Es on September 5, 1969 at the Hatzor Airbase. In Israel the F-4 would be called Kurnass (sledgehammer) not Phantom. Over time the IAF purchased 42 factory new F-4Es, 12 factory new RF-4Es and 162 ex-USAF aircraft with the possibility of even more. The RF version was referred to as Orev (Raven). The first squadron to receive the Phantoms was the newly formed 201 Squadron The One ( ). The plan was to deliver four aircraft approximately every month and the first four had U.S. serials 68-0396 68-0399 that were changed to #01, #04, #08 and #10. The IAF originally used 2 digit tail numbers but it wasn t long before the switched to a 3 digit system with the 201st adding a 6 as the first digit. These particular aircraft all were involved in notable events, #01 flew the first Kurnass mission, on April 2 1970 #04 was the first Kurnass lost when it was downed by an Egyptian MiG-21. Aircraft #08 was credited with the first Kurnass kill on November 11 1969 when it downed an Egyptian Air Force MiG-21 and #10 scored the third kill. Between November 1969 and June 1982 the Kurnass was used to down 116.5 enemy aircraft while sustaining 56 losses mostly due to ground fire. Of this total the 201st was credited with 40.5 kills: 25.5 MiG-21s of the Egyptian and Syrian Air Forces. 4 MiG-17s of the Egyptian and Syrian Air Forces. 3 Su-7 of the Egyptian and Syrian Air Forces. 1 IL-28 of the Egyptian Force. 7 Mi-8s of the Egyptian Air Force. The Kurnass continued to fly until May 12, 2004 and in 2006 the 201st Squadron was deactivated.
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