They followed earlier shipments of 45 to Syria and 40 to Iraq. … Middleton said the addition of MIG-23s to the Arab arsenal was expected to lead to Israeli pressure for acquiring the US F-15 ...
Post-conflict, Egypt added MiG-23s to its fleet. Following the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, Cairo shifted its focus to American F-16 fighter jets, acquiring one of the world's largest fleets.
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