Ogwiritsa ntchito akunja a IAI Kfir
Colombian Kfir C-7 FAC 3040 yokhala ndi matanki owonjezera awiri amafuta ndi mabomba awiri otsogozedwa ndi laser a IAI Griffin omwe sagwira ntchito.
Israel Aircraft Industries idapereka koyamba ndege za Kfir kwa makasitomala akunja mu 1976, zomwe zidadzutsa chidwi m'maiko angapo nthawi yomweyo. "Kfir" panthawiyo inali imodzi mwa ndege zochepa zokhala ndi zolinga zambiri zogwira mtima kwambiri zomwe zilipo pamtengo wotsika mtengo. Omwe ankapikisana nawo pamsika anali: American Northrop F-5 Tiger II, French hang glider Dassault Mirage III / 5 ndi wopanga yemweyo, koma mosiyana ndi Mirage F1.
Opanga makontrakitala akuphatikizapo: Austria, Switzerland, Iran, Taiwan, Philippines komanso, koposa zonse, mayiko aku South America. Komabe, zokambiranazo zinayamba nthawi imeneyo nthawi zonse zinatha molephera - ku Austria ndi Taiwan pazifukwa zandale, m'mayiko ena - chifukwa cha kusowa kwa ndalama. Kwina konse, vuto linali lakuti Kfir inkayendetsedwa ndi injini yochokera ku United States, kotero kuti itumize ku mayiko ena kupyolera mu Israeli, chilolezo cha akuluakulu a ku America chinafunika, chomwe panthawiyo sichinavomereze njira zonse za Israeli kwa oyandikana nawo. zomwe zinakhudza maubwenzi. Pambuyo pa chigonjetso cha Democrats mu chisankho cha 1976, utsogoleri wa Pulezidenti Jimmy Carter unayamba kulamulira, zomwe zinaletsa kugulitsa ndege ndi injini ya ku America ndikukhala ndi machitidwe ena ochokera ku United States kupita ku mayiko achitatu padziko lonse lapansi. Pachifukwa ichi, kukambirana koyambirira kunayenera kusokonezedwa ndi Ecuador, yomwe pamapeto pake idapeza Dassault Mirage F1 (16 F1JA ndi 2 F1JE) pa ndege yake. Chifukwa chenicheni cha njira yoletsa anthu a ku America kuti atumize Kfirov ndi injini ya General Electric J79 mu theka lachiwiri la zaka za m'ma 70 chinali chikhumbo chofuna kuthetsa mpikisano kwa opanga awo. Zitsanzo zikuphatikizapo Mexico ndi Honduras, zomwe zinasonyeza chidwi ndi Kfir ndipo pamapeto pake "anakakamizika" kugula ndege zankhondo zaku Northrop F-5 Tiger II kuchokera ku US.
Udindo wa Israeli Aircraft Industries pamisika yapadziko lonse lapansi wayenda bwino kuyambira pomwe Ronald Reagan adayamba kulamulira mu 1981. Chiletso chosavomerezeka chidachotsedwa, koma m'kupita kwa nthawi adachita motsutsana ndi IAI ndipo chotsatira chokha cha mgwirizano watsopano chinali kutha mu 1981 kwa mgwirizano wopereka magalimoto 12 omwe akupanga ku Ecuador (10 S-2 ndi 2 TS - 2, yoperekedwa mu 1982-83). Kenako Kfirs anapita ku Colombia (kontrakiti ya 1989 ya 12 S-2s ndi 1 TS-2, yobereka 1989-90), Sri Lanka (6 S-2s ndi 1 TS-2, yobereka 1995-96, kenako 4 S-2, 4 S-7 ndi 1 TC-2 mu 2005), komanso USA (kubwereketsa 25 S-1 mu 1985-1989), koma muzochitika zonsezi anali magalimoto okha kuchotsedwa zida ku Hel HaAvir.
Zaka za m'ma 80 sizinali nthawi yabwino kwa Kfir, monga magalimoto apamwamba kwambiri komanso okonzeka kumenyana ndi America opangidwa ndi magulu angapo adawonekera pamsika: McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, McDonnell Douglas F / A-18 Hornet ndipo, potsiriza, General Dynamics F-16 Combat falcon; French Dassault Mirage 2000 kapena Soviet MiG-29. Ndege izi zinali zopambana "Kfira" mu magawo onse akuluakulu, kotero makasitomala "akuluakulu" ankakonda kugula ndege zatsopano, zodalirika, zomwe zimatchedwa. M'badwo wa 4. Mayiko ena, nthawi zambiri chifukwa chachuma, aganiza zosinthira ndege za MiG-21, Mirage III/5 kapena Northrop F-5 zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito kale.
Tisanayang'ane mwatsatanetsatane maiko omwe Kfiry adagwiritsa ntchito kapena akupitilizabe kugwira ntchito, ndikofunikira kuwonetsa mbiri yamitundu yotumizira kunja, yomwe IAI idafuna kuphwanya "matsenga amatsenga" ndikulowa mu msika. kupambana. Poganizira za Argentina, kontrakitala wamkulu woyamba wokonda Kfir, IAI adakonza mtundu wosinthidwa mwapadera wa C-2, wosankhidwa C-9, wokhala ndi, mwa zina, makina oyendetsa a TCAN oyendetsedwa ndi injini ya SNECMA Atar 09K50. Ku Fuerza Aérea Argentina, amayenera kusintha osati makina a Mirage IIIEA omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kuyambira kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 70, komanso ndege ya IAI Dagger (yotumiza kunja kwa IAI Neszer) yoperekedwa ndi Israeli. Chifukwa cha kuchepetsedwa kwa bajeti ya chitetezo cha Argentina, mgwirizanowu sunamalizidwe, motero kuperekedwa kwa magalimoto. Kupititsa patsogolo pang'ono kokha kwa "Daggers" mpaka muyeso womaliza wa Finger IIIB unachitika.
Chotsatira chinali pulogalamu yolakalaka ya Nammer, yomwe IAI idayamba kulimbikitsa mu 1988. Lingaliro lalikulu linali kukhazikitsa pa Kfira airframe injini yamakono kuposa J79, komanso zida zatsopano zamagetsi, zomwe zimapangidwira mbadwo watsopano wankhondo Lawi. Ma injini atatu a turbine oyendera gasi amatengedwa ngati gawo lamagetsi: American Pratt & Whitney PW1120 (poyamba idapangidwira Lawi) ndi General Electric F404 (mwina mtundu wake waku Sweden wa Volvo Flygmotor RM12 ya Gripen) ndi French SNECMA M -53 (Mirage 2000 kuyendetsa). Zosinthazi sizinakhudze kokha magetsi, komanso airframe. Fuselage inkayenera kukulitsidwa ndi 580 mm mwa kuika gawo latsopano kumbuyo kwa cockpit, kumene midadada ina ya avionics yatsopano idzaikidwa. Zida zina zatsopano, kuphatikizapo siteshoni ya radar yogwira ntchito zambiri, zinayenera kuikidwa mu uta watsopano, wokulirapo ndi wautali. Kukweza kwa Nammer muyezo sikunakonzedwenso kwa Kfirs, komanso magalimoto a Mirage III / 5. Komabe, IAI sinathe kupeza wogwirizana nawo pabizinesi yovuta komanso yokwera mtengoyi - Hel HaAvir kapena kontrakitala wakunja sanasangalale ndi ntchitoyi. Ngakhale, mwatsatanetsatane, njira zina zomwe zinakonzedweratu kuti zigwiritsidwe ntchito mu ntchitoyi zinatha ndi mmodzi wa makontrakitala, ngakhale kuti adasinthidwa kwambiri.
