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IAI Kfir C2
Kfir (Lion Cub)
144 Squadron
The Kfir first flew in 1971 and was the result of joining an IAI Nesher with a GE J-79 engine. It was a multi-role fighter armed with two Rafael DEFA 553 30mm cannons and nine hardpoints that could carry Magic AIM-9, Shafrir, or Python AAMs; bombs; and rockets.
The Kfir C2 variant first flight July 20, 1976 and had large fixed canard foreplanes mounted on the air intakes, nose strikes, and a clogtooth leading edge wing.