Operation Tagar - Abort!

In the south IAF flight 100, tasked with SEAD, comes within range of the SAMs protecting Beni Suef. After getting a good lock, a salvo from a SA-2 battery is launched, but with no effect. Over the center the IAF CAP consisting of Nesher engages an already mauled flight of MiG-17 and shoots down a crippled plane. Yet another air combat between Mirage III CJ and MiG-21F-13 occurs close to the Little Bitter Lake. While the combat itself was inconclusive, the aggressive maneuvering of the MiG pilots convinced the Mirage jocks to head for home. This has been by far the most favorite air combat for the EAF in this game, an abort of four Israeli CAP planes for no own losses. In the North-West at Tanta-Birma the IAF Egrof flights are busy with the local ground defenses. Some ARMs are launched and as a result a Fire Can at the airfield goes off the air. However, in the admin phase a Fire Can at the Canal and a SAM close to Tanta-Birma go online again.

The overall game situation after turn 13 is as follows:

1. The IAF raid on Tanta-Birma (suspected target) is about to commence. Already a flight is approaching the airfield and more are trailing.
2. The shot up EAF raid on the Baluza airstrip is heading for home and basically out of the game.
3. The second EAF raid on El Tasa is also heading home in bad shape.
4. An IAF raid that might target Suez is forming up over the hills 20km east of Suez.
5. The IAF raid on Beni Suef (suspected target) is still on the way to target, with the SEAD flight approaching the airfield.
   
6. The initial CAP flights that got a beating in air to air combat with the IAF have landed or are about to land and a second wave is starting or getting ready.