Question

The overwhelming success of this fighting force led Pavel Kutakhov to question how so many SAM (“sam”) batteries were destroyed in under an hour. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this fighting force that launched Operation Mole Cricket 19 in 1982. During the same decade, this fighting force outfitted many of its French-designed Dassault (“dah-SO”) Mirage IIIs (“threes”) with Rafael Python missiles.
ANSWER: Israeli Air Force [or Kheil HaAvir; or Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal; or IAF; prompt on Air Force by asking “of which country?”; prompt on Israeli military, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, Tzahal, or Tsva ha-Hagana le-Yisra’el by asking “which branch?”]
[10e] The surprise attack on the Beqaa (“buh-KAH”) Valley was reminiscent of the Israeli Air Force’s preemptive strike to effectively neutralize the Egyptian Air Force during this brief 1967 conflict.
ANSWER: Six-Day War [accept June War; accept Third Arab-Israeli War; accept an-Naksah or The Setback; accept Milḥemet Sheshet HaYamim]
[10m] As part of Operation Opera, the Israeli Air Force bombed this site in 1981 to set back the Iraqi nuclear program.
ANSWER: Osirak reactor [accept Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center]

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Brown ACornell B0101020
Chicago BNorth Carolina A0101020
Claremont AGeorgia Tech B0101020
Florida AYale B010010
Florida BDuke A0101020
Harvard AMinnesota A0101020
Houston APenn A1010020
Illinois AChicago C010010
Imperial AVirginia A010010
Johns Hopkins AUC Berkeley A010010
McGill AYale A0101020
Michigan AMIT A10101030
NYU AMinnesota B010010
Ohio State AColumbia A10101030
Penn State AGeorgia Tech A010010
Purdue ASouth Carolina A0101020
Rutgers AMaryland A1010020
Rutgers BTexas A10101030
Stanford ANorthwestern A10101030
UC Berkeley BWUSTL B010010
WUSTL AColumbia B10101030