approximately 600 combat aircraft. The IAF destroyed 452 enemy aircraft, including 79 in air combat, while losing 46 of its own. Twenty-four Israeli pilots and hundreds of Arab pilots were killed. Number of aircraft destroyed by aircraft type Combat aircraft 148 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 'Fishbeds' (104 from Egypt; 32 from Syria; 12 from Iraq) 29 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 'Farmers' (all from Egypt) 112 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 'Frescos' (94 from Egypt; 16 from Syria; two from Iraq) 14 Sukhoi Su-7 'Fitters' (all from Egypt) 27 Hawker Hunters (21 from Jordan; five from Iraq; one from Lebanon) Bomber aircraft 31 Tupolev Tu-16 'Badgers' (30 from Egypt; one from Iraq) 31 Ilyushin Il-28 'Beagles' (27 from Egypt; two from Syria; two from Iraq) Transport aircraft 32 Ilyushin Il-14 'Crates' (30 from Egypt; two from Syria) 8 Antonov An-12 'Cubs' (all from Egypt) 4 Douglas C-47 Skytrains (two from Egypt; two from Syria) Transport helicopters 10 Mil Mi-6 'Hooks' (eight from Egypt; two from Syria) 6 Mil Mi-4 'Hounds' (two from Egypt; four from Syria) Number of aircraft destroyed by country Egypt: 338 aircraft Syria: 61 aircraft Jordan: 29 aircraft Iraq: 23 aircraft Lebanon: 1 aircraft Israel lost 19 aircraft in the operation. Totals by waves First wave (7:45 am): 101 sorties; 11 airfields were attacked by 183 IAF aircraft; 197 Egyptian aircraft and 8 radar stations were destroyed. Five IAF pilots were killed and five more fell captive. Second wave (9:30 am): 164 sorties; airfields were attacked; 107 Egyptian aircraft destroyed; Two Syrian planes destroyed in dogfights Third Wave (12:15 pm): 85 sorties against Egypt, 48 against Jordan, 67 against Syria and one against H-3 air base in Iraq. Other waves (afternoon & evening): two more sorties against H-3; several additional attacks on Egyptian airfields. Other effects The effectiveness of the operation showed how vulnerable fixed air base installations were to aerial attacks at the time. This caused many nations' air forces to develop improved defensive measures against them, such as constructing hardened aircraft shelters to protect aircraft on the ground and establishing highway strips as alternative air bases. References Sources Danni Shalom, Like A Bolt Out of the Blue: How the Arab Airforces were destroyed in the Six-Day War, BAVIR – Aviation Publications, 2002, 650 pages, hardcover. Oren, Michael B. Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Samuel M. Katz Israel's Air