The answer the questions is that IAF personnel had the foresight to realize the full potential of Baz multirole capabilities when the F-15 was selected. Moreover plans to upgrade the capabilities of the aircraft were immediately undertaken once it entered service with the IAF.When Israeli Air Force (IAF) picked the F-15 the service was not only evaluating the aircraft air-to-air capabilities, but also if the Eagle design offered the flexibility to be an all-weather strike fighter. After having been modified to perform long-range precision strike missions in the 1980s, the Baz (as IAF named its F-15s)shocked the world in 1985 when the aircraft performed the longest air strike in IAF history.On Sep. 25, 1985 Force 17, a section within Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) killed three unarmed Israeli civilians who were holidaying on their yacht off Lanarca, Cyprus. In response to the unprovoked murder of the three Israeli civilians, on Oct. 1, 1985, the IAF launched “Operation Mivtza Regel Etz (Wooden Leg)” from Tel Nof Air Base against PLO headquarters in Hammam al-Shatt, Tunisia, located about twelve miles from the capital, Tunis.
