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.

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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 Arab Air Force
surface form: Syrian Air Force
combatantTechnologyUsed Israeli E-2C Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft
F-15 Eagle
surface form: Israeli F-15 fighter aircraft

F-16 Fighting Falcon
surface form: Israeli F-16 fighter aircraft

Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles for reconnaissance and deception
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
surface form: Syrian MiG-21 fighter aircraft

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
surface form: 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 Air Force
surface form: Israeli Defense Forces Air Force
opponent Syria
surface form: Syrian Arab Republic
partOf 1982 Lebanon War
preludeTo Israeli ground operations in Lebanon in 1982
region Levant region
surface form: Levant
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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1982 Lebanon War airBattle Bekaa Valley air battles