Word: barak
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Much more important for Schwimmer, I.A.I.'s planes and weapons performed well during the October war. The company's own fighter, the Barak (Hebrew for lightning), did especially well: of the 70 planes that saw combat, only three were lost. The plane carries a General Electric jet engine in an Israeli-built French Mirage III C, the plans for which were spirited out of France when Charles de Gaulle cut off deliveries to Israel after the Six-Day War in 1967. It is the first fighter ever manufactured in Israel, and a special feather in Schwimmer...