Bekaa Valley air battles

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The Bekaa Valley air battles were a series of large-scale aerial engagements in June 1982 between Israeli and Syrian air forces over Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, noted for Israel’s decisive victory and extensive use of electronic warfare and advanced air combat tactics.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bekaa Valley Turkey Shoot 1
Bekaa Valley air battles canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aerial battle ⓘ
event in the 1982 Lebanon War ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
airSuperiorityAchievedBy Israel ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Operation Mole Cricket 19 ⓘ
belligerent Israeli Air Force ⓘ
Syrian Air Force ⓘ
combatantTechnologyUsed Israeli E-2C Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft ⓘ
Israeli F-15 fighter aircraft ⓘ
linked to: F-15 Eagle

Israeli F-16 fighter aircraft ⓘ
Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles for reconnaissance and deception ⓘ
Syrian MiG-21 fighter aircraft ⓘ
Syrian MiG-23 fighter aircraft ⓘ
Syrian surface-to-air missile batteries ⓘ
conflict 1982 Lebanon War ⓘ
conflictType air defense suppression campaign ⓘ
air-to-air combat ⓘ
countryInvolved Israel ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
endDate 1982-06-11 ⓘ
historicalSignificance considered one of the most lopsided air-to-air victories in modern air combat ⓘ
demonstrated effectiveness of integrated air power and electronic warfare ⓘ
influenced global air force doctrine on SEAD and electronic warfare ⓘ
location Bekaa Valley ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
notableFor advanced air combat tactics ⓘ
extensive use of electronic warfare ⓘ
large-scale suppression of enemy air defenses ⓘ
objective achieving air superiority over Lebanon ⓘ
destruction of Syrian surface-to-air missile batteries in the Bekaa Valley ⓘ
operator Israeli Defense Forces Air Force ⓘ
linked to: Israeli Air Force
opponent Syrian Arab Republic ⓘ
linked to: Syria
partOf 1982 Lebanon War ⓘ
preludeTo Israeli ground operations in Lebanon in 1982 ⓘ
region Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
result decisive Israeli victory ⓘ
startDate 1982-06-09 ⓘ
tacticsUsed beyond-visual-range missile engagements ⓘ
electronic jamming of Syrian radar and communications ⓘ
integrated use of AWACS and fighters ⓘ
suppression of enemy air defenses ⓘ
use of drones to trigger and locate enemy radars ⓘ
theater Middle East ⓘ
timePeriod June 1982 ⓘ
year 1982 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1982 Lebanon War → airBattle → Bekaa Valley air battles ⓘ
Operation Mole Cricket 19 → alsoKnownAs → Bekaa Valley Turkey Shoot ⓘ
linked to: Bekaa Valley air battles