Word: aircraft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Carter Ad ministration, and particularly at Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, for "taking sides" against Israel in criticizing the existence of Israeli settlements in the Sinai. Two days later the Carter Administration announced its long awaited decision to permit the sale of nearly $3 billion worth of advanced jet aircraft to Egypt and Saudi Arabia, as well as $1.9 billion worth of planes to Israel. The Israelis protested loudly, especially about the sale to the Saudis. But neither Washington nor Jerusalem can afford to let the argument get out of hand, and so the Administration announced that Begin would visit...
Begin had even more to complain about when the Carter Administration announced its long awaited "package" proposal for the sale of aircraft to Egypt. Saudi Arabia and Israel. According to the plan, Egypt will be permitted to buy 50 F-5E short-range fighter-bombers-its first warplanes from the U.S.-at a cost of $400 million; Saudi Arabia will be allowed to buy 60 of one of the world's most sophisticated fighters, the F-15, at a cost of $2.5 billion, to replace its aging fleet of British Lightning jets; and Israel will be permitted...
...training mission-tells much about modern air combat and why the planes best at it are in demand. Translated, the pilot's message is that his radar has locked onto an enemy plane-a "Judy" in U.S. airmen's jargon-67° to the right of his aircraft and that the missile he fired sent the enemy spiraling into the sea. Flying at speeds of up to 2,000 m.p.h.-33 miles a minute-the pilot got his splash faster than it took him to tell about...
...twin-engine, $16 million F-15 that the Carter Administration wants to sell to Israel and Saudi Arabia. "It's beautiful," says Brigadier General John T. Chain Jr., who has been flying F-15s since they became operational three years ago. "It's the-first fighter aircraft that has all the capabilities a pilot wants: high thrust, tight turning, great visibility and every switch in the right place in a cockpit designed for the pilot...
...work horses of the Royal Saudi Air Force and could be useful to Egypt at least for defensive purposes. Since they carry two 20mm electric machine guns and 7,000 Ibs. of bombs, they can also be used effectively to support ground troops. Egyptian pilots who trained in Soviet aircraft with Russian instructors may get a shock in the U.S.; the Air Force has 50 first-rate F-5E instructors who happen to be women...