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Daily Briefing: “OPERATION NICKLE GRASS”: US FOREIGN POLICY THEN AND NOW

The Relevance of “Operation Nickel Grass” (1973) to Ukraine, and to Israel:  Frederick Krantz, Isranet, Apr. 1, 2022

Operation Nickel Grass Airlift in Support of National Policy: Capt. Chris J. Krisinger, USAF:  Walter J. Boyne, Group Historians, 2013

The Yom Kippur Airlift:  John T. Correll, Air Force Magazine, June 24, 2016

Operation NICKEL GRASS: Decision Strategy and Execution:  J. Robert Kane, Small Wars Journal, July 26, 2018


For Further Reference:

Operation Nickel Grass: Richard Nixon and The Yom Kippur War:   Luke George Bergquist, Office of Graduate Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston, August 2020 — Operation Nickel Grass: Richard Nixon and the Yom Kippur War is a critical examination of the American military intervention in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. At the request of the Israeli government, President Nixon ordered the United States Air Force to ship military equipment, weapons, tanks and jets to aid Israel in this conflict. 

Operation Nickel Grass John Kolar: Generation Church of Granbury, YouTube, July 9, 2021 — Hear the story of how Lieutenant Colonel John Kolar, USAF; who was involved in the 32-day airlift of military aid to Israel during the Yom Kippur War; which was called Operation Nickel Grass.

Newly Discovered Kissinger Telcons from October 1973:  William Burr, National Security Archives, Aug. 9, 2019 — Several previously unknown Henry Kissinger memoranda of telephone conversations – or telcons – from October 1973, uncovered by the National Security Archive, provide blunt and fascinating vignettes from a significant moment during the Nixon presidency

The Yom Kippur War and the Shaping of the United States Air Force:  Joseph S. Doyle Squadron Leader, Royal Air Force, Air University, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Air University Press, Feb. 8, 2019 — This study assesses the influence of the Yom Kippur War of October 1973 on the development of the United States Air Force.

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