SOURCE: "Ghosts of Atonement: Israeli F-4 Phantom Operations During the Yom Kippur War" by Shlomo Aloni
The Israeli attack east continues toward Damascus. In order to isolate the battlefield to limit Syrian Air Force close air support missions, the IAF F-4s have been pounding Syrian air bases. Today the target is Mezzeh, a major MiG base that was attacked three times the previous day without success. Today the IAF will try a dawn raid in hopes of catching Syrian ground attack aircraft on the ground. You are a flight leader.