In the late 1980s, the former fighter pilot Zeev Raz, commander of the Israeli Air Force (IAF) Flight School and he has no doubt that “if they are sent, they will execute it perfectly”.
The man who in 1981 led the attack on the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak has doubts, however, regarding the wisdom of such a mission.
Colonel Raz (ret) took off on June 7, 1981, leading eight F-16 fighter-bombers on a three-hour round trip over enemy territory. On the way they dropped 16 tons of explosives, obliterating Saddam Hussein’s reactor.