Israel acquired sixty-one Dassault Mystere IVA combat aircraft from France that were delivered to the Israeli Air Force from April to September 1956 and were issued to two units: Squadron 101 at Hatzor; in the south; and Squadron 109 at Ramat David; in the north. From 1956 until 1959; and to a lesser extent from 1959 until 1962; the Mystere was the ILAF's cutting-edge interceptor. From 1959; the Mystere's main mission shifted from air-to-air to air-to-ground; as more modern interceptors―Super Mystere from 1959 and Mirage from 1962―entered Israeli Air Force service. At the same time; the Israeli Air Force initiated an effort to introduce an attack aircraft to succeed the Mystere. The Squadron 109 Mystere era therefore covered mostly air-to-air from 1956 until 1962 and mostly air-to-ground from 1962 until 1968.
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