Super Mystère B.2 IAI Sa'ar
The Dassault Super Mystère B.2 is a French fighter-bomber and was the first Western European supersonic aircraft to enter mass production. The Super Mystère's where an advancement of the earlier Mystère fighters and added swept wings and an after burning turbojet engine. Like earlier Mystère's they had two 30mm DEFA cannons and ability to haul a useful load of rocket, bombs, drop tanks and even air to air missiles.
The Super Mystère served with the French, Israeli and Honduran Air Forces. Israel received their SMB.2 after the Suez Crisis in the late 1950's. Although they never had a large number of Super Mystère's, they saw extensive action against Arab Air forces, having success early as a fighter and later as a fighter bomber.
They saw heavy action in the 1967 Six-Day War and the 1973 Yom Kippur War. They were well liked by the Israeli pilots and were a match for the Arab Mig-17s and MiG-19 aircraft in air-to-air combat. In 1973, the Israeli Air Force upgraded their Super Mystère B.2s with a non-after burning version of the Pratt & Whitney J52-P8A (the same as the A-4 Skyhawks) and new avionics. In Israeli service these upgraded SMB.2s were also known as the IAI Sa'ar (after a Hebrew word meaning "storm").
Our new Sa'ar is seen in markings of the Yom Kippur War with bombs and air to air missiles. We will also have a rocket pod armed version.
