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...they have had to replace their massive losses of the Six-Day War. Israel compensates for its numerical inferiority by the superior discipline and training of its troops and expert maintenance of equipment. Israeli pilots in their U.S.-built F-4 Phantoms and Skyhawks and French Mirages have consistently outflown the Egyptian and Syrian air forces in their Russian-made SU-7 fighter-bombers and MIG-21 interceptors...
Friendly Winter. The German attack in June 1941 caught the Red Air Force by surprise. Appalling numbers of Red planes were destroyed on the ground. In the air, the Russians were outnumbered, outgunned and outflown. They fought on until winter brought a breathing spell. The Russians had landing gear which could be easily switched to skis, and they knew how to keep their engines and lubricants from freezing. The Germans did little about the winter except to complain. That year Rus sian winter grounded more of the Luftwaffe than Russian air action...