De Haviland Vampire
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Type: Single seat attack jet
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Country of origin: Great Britain
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Performance:
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Speed 880 km/h;
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Range 2250 km.
This British jet served all of Israel's neighbors:
Syria, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon. Egyptian Vampires were involved in the
first jet battle in the Middle East in 1955, losing out to an Israeli Meteor.