Academy 1/48 IAI Kfir C2/C7 (IAF)

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The IAI Kfir C2/C7 (IAF) from our 1/48 scale aircraft model kits range accurately recreates the real-life Cold War era Israeli multi-role combat aircraft. This plastic model kit requires paint and glue to complete.

The Israel Aircraft Industries Kfir ("Lion Cub") is an Israeli-built all-weather multirole combat aircraft based on a modified Dassault Mirage 5 airframe, with Israeli avionics and an Israeli-made version of the General Electric J79 turbojet engine.

The Kfir entered service with the IAF in 1975, the first units being assigned to the 101st "First Fighter" Squadron. Over the following years, several other squadrons were also equipped with the new aircraft. The role of the Kfir as the IAF's primary air superiority asset was short-lived, as the first F-15 Eagle fighters from the United States were delivered to Israel in 1976.

During the Israeli-Lebanon war in 1982 (Operation Peace for Galilee) the IAF used both its F-15s and F-16s for air superiority roles, leaving the Kfirs to carry out unescorted strike missions. Shortly afterwards, all IAF C2s began to be upgraded to the C7 version, with enhanced weight performance, making the Kfirs more suitable to its new fighter-bomber role. During the second half of the 1990s, the Kfirs were withdrawn from active duty in the IAF, after almost twenty years of continuous service.

Features:

• Reissued AvantGarde Model Kit (AMK)
• 31 sprues
• Sizeable range of external stores
• Choice of 5 marking schemes

Marking Options:

• (1) Kfir C2 SMF5201, 10th Fighter Squadron, Sri Lanka AF, Katunayake AB 2011
• (2) Kfir C7 #543 "Zohar", Arava Guardians Sqn, IAF 1990
• (3) Kfir C2 N401AX, ATAC, USA
• (4) Kfir C2 FAE905, 2113 Sqn, Ecuadorian AF 1998
• (5) Kfir C7 FAC 3043, 111 Sqn, Colombian AF

Manufacturer: Academy
Model: 12365
Scale: 1/48

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