Yayi Kfir da hidimarsa a Hel HaAvir
Kfir S-7 mai lambar wutsiya 555, mai ɗauke da sunan da ya dace "Sabtai" (Saturn), yana nufin lamba ta 144. Motar dai na dauke da makamai masu linzami masu cin gajeren zango Rafael Python 3 ta iska zuwa iska.
Babban dalilin samar da jiragen yaki na IAI Kfir shi ne burin Isra'ila na samun 'yancin kai a kalla a bangaren samar da kayan sufurin jiragen sama daga ketare. Takunkumin fitar da makamai zuwa Isra'ila, wanda hukumomin Faransa da Amurka suka amince da shi bayan kawo karshen yakin kwanaki shida a shekarar 1967, ya yi mummunan tasiri a matakin shirye-shiryen yaki na Hel HaAvir (Rundunar Sojin Isra'ila).
Faransa, babban mai samar da manyan makamai na dogon lokaci, da farko jiragen sama da jirage masu saukar ungulu (Ouragan, Magister, Mystére, Vautour, Super Mystére, Mirage III, Noratlas, Alouette II, Super Frelon), kuma zuwa ƙananan motocin yaƙi (AMX-13) tankunan haske ), ba ta taba dage takunkumin a hukumance ba, don haka jirgin Dassault Mirage 1967J ya ba da umarnin kafin yakin 5, duk da cewa an biya su, bai isa Isra'ila ba. Gaskiya ne, ƙaddamar da jirgin saman IAI's Neszer, wanda aka haɓaka tare da Mirage, ba zai yiwu ba ba tare da haɗin gwiwar Dassault ba, amma ya kamata a tuna cewa wannan kungiya ce mai zaman kanta, kuma duk abin da aka yi a karkashin sharuɗɗan sirri. Gwamnatin Amurka ta dage takunkumin a karshen shekarar 1967, inda ta ba da damar samar da jirgin saman harin McDonnel Douglas A-4H Skyhawk. Wannan, duk da haka, ya warware matsalar kawai a cikin nau'in motocin tallafi na kusa, wanda Skyhawks ya ɗauki ayyukan da jirgin sama na asalin Faransa ya yi a baya - Mister IV kuma, sama da duka, tsohuwar Hurricanes. Duk da haka, wannan bai inganta halin da ake ciki a cikin nau'in motoci masu amfani da yawa ba, ana amfani da su duka don kai hare-hare a kan iyakokin kasa da na ruwa, da kuma tsaron jiragen sama na kasar, inda rundunar sojojin Mirage IIICJs suka yi rauni sosai bayan yakin. Gaskiya ne, a Amurka yana yiwuwa a sayi jirgin sama na zamani na McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II a wancan lokacin, amma a Isra'ila bai kamata ya dogara kawai kan shigo da jiragen sama daga ketare ba (wanda koyaushe yana da wahala ga siyasa da kuɗi). dalilai) kuma an yanke shawarar daidaita sayayya a cikin Amurka kuma ta hanyar samar da kayayyaki daga masana'antar jirgin sama na kamfanin.
A cikin Oktoba 1967, an ƙirƙiri wani sabon Sashen Ayyukan Jiragen Sama a cikin Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta Isra'ila, babban aikin shi ne cimma yarjejeniya da Dassault don samun haƙƙin samar da lasisin samar da jirgin saman Mirage 5J a Isra'ila. A cikin Disamba 1967, wakilai daga Ma'aikatar Tsaro, Hel HaAvir, da Masana'antar Jiragen Sama na Isra'ila (IAI) sun sadu da gudanarwar Dassault don wannan dalili. Tattaunawar ta haifar da rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniya tsakanin IAI da Dassault kan harba lasisin kera jirgin saman Mirage 5 a Isra'ila, wanda ya kamata ya ci kudin Faransa francs miliyan 74 (kimanin dalar Amurka miliyan 15 a farashin canjin lokacin). Duk da cewa gwamnatin Faransa a watan Yunin 1968 a hukumance ta haramta Dassault sayar da lasisin kera 50 Mirage 5J a Isra'ila, kamfanin Faransa - a matsayinsa na kamfani mai zaman kansa gaba daya - bai ji cewa ya wajaba ya bi wannan takunkumin ba kuma ya ci gaba da ba da hadin kai. , ko da yake ya kasance wani asiri tun lokacin.
A watan Agustan 1968, Ben-Ami Gow, shugaban sashen kera jiragen sama, ya gabatar da wani shiri na tsawon shekaru biyar na kera jiragen a Isra'ila ga ma'aikatar tsaro. An zaɓi sunan Ram (Ibrananci: Grom) don shi, wanda asali an yi niyya don jirgin Mirage 5J mai lasisi.
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