Zionist attempts to obstruct Saudi armament (F-15 aircraft deal in 1977-1978 as a model)

Authors

  • م.د. سجاد عبد المنعم مصطفى جامعة الانبار- كلية التربية للعلوم الانسانية

Keywords:

Saudi Arabia, America, F-15 aircraft, Zionist entity, oil

Abstract

Study objectives: The study aims to clarify the role of the Zionist lobby and its American pressure groups in preventing the American administration and influencing its decisions to prevent arming any Arab country, even those allied with the United States of America, in order to ensure the Zionist military superiority in the region and under the pretext of passing those weapons to the Palestinian resistance groups.

Methodology: The historical analytical method was used to study the American records and documents that dealt with that issue in detail and the disagreements witnessed by the American administration circles between those who support sending those planes to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and those who reject that idea for fear of the security of the Zionist entity.

Results: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia invested the opportunity of calming the situation due to the continuation of peace negotiations between the Zionist entity and Egypt on the one hand, in addition to the increase in Soviet intervention in the Horn of Africa after the fall of the Haile Selassie government in Ethiopia and the advent of a government with communist tendencies, which was accompanied by rising oil prices, and the American administration was unable to pass the aircraft deal until it sent them in one package with an aircraft deal to the Zionist entity.

Recommended: The aircraft issue has proven the great power that the Zionist entity enjoys within the United States of America through the American lobby and pressure groups loyal to it, and this matter is reflected in the foreign policy of the United States of America, as these groups aim primarily to protect the interests and security of the Zionist entity even if this harms American policy and interests in the world. In addition, we are certain through this study that the priority of American interests in the Middle East region is first the Zionist entity, then Iran, then other Arab countries, especially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, its main ally, and this is also due to the influence of the Zionist entity.

References

( ) FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1977–1980, VOLUME XVIII, Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency, 144, Washington, January 14, 1977, P. 462.

( ) Ibid, P 463.

( ) Ibid, P. 463.

( ) يقصد هنا بمصدر القلق الاحداث التي شهدتها بعض الدول العربية والتي كان احد اطرافها المقاتلون الفلسطينيون مثل احداث ايلول الاسود عام 1970 في الاردن، واحداث الحرب الاهلية اللبنانية والتي امدت من عام 1975 لغاية 1989.

( ) Ibid, P. 464.

( ) اعتمدت القوات الجوية السعودية في ذلك الوقت على الطائرات البريطانية القديمة لايتينغ (Lighting) من انتاج شركة انكلش الكتريك البريطانية والتي دخلت الخدمة عام 1954. للتفاصيل:

Anthony Axon، Susan Hewitt, Saudi Arabia 1975 – 2020, Brill Publishers, Netherlands, 2022, P. 524.

( ) FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1977–1980, VOLUME XVIII, Telegram From the Embassy in Saudi Arabia to the Department of State and the Department of Defense, 145, Jidda, January 23, 1977, P. 470.

( ) Ibid

( ) Ibid, P. 471.

( ) FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1977–1980, VOLUME XVIII, Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Saudi Arabia, 146, Washington, February 8, 1977, P. 471.

( ) وهي مختصر (United States Military Training Mission) وهي بعثة امريكية لتدريب القوات السعودية تعمل منذ عام 1953. ينظر:

Michael J. Sippel, Saudi Arabia, The Changing Paradigm and Implications for The United States Military Training Mission, The DISAM Journal, Vol. 25, No (1, 2) Summer 2003, P. 4-5.

( ) FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1977–1980, VOLUME XVIII, Telegram From the Embassy in Saudi Arabia to the Department of State, 147, Jidda, February 9, 1977, P. 472.

( ) FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1977–1980, VOLUME XVIII, Telegram From the Embassy in Saudi Arabia to the Department of State, 148, Jidda, February 22, 1977, P. 483.

( ) FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1977–1980, VOLUME XVIII, Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter, 149, Washington, May 21, 1977, P. 483.

( ) تتميز طائرات اف 15 كونها تحتوي على محركين نفاثين ولها قدرة في العمليات الدفاعية الاعتراضية والهجومية، اما طائرات اف 16 فكانت بمحرك واحد ورغم سرعة مناورتها الا ان اف 15 تتفوق عليها بالعديد من المزايا. للاطلاع على مزايا الطائرات ومواصفاتها ينظر:

Mark Dartford, Fighter Planes, Lerner Publications Company, Minneapolis, 2003.

( ) FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1977–1980, VOLUME XVIII, Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter, 149, Washington, May 21, 1977, P. 483.

( ) Ibid.

( ) Ibid.

( ) Ibid.

( ) Ibid, P. 484.

( ) FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1977–1980, VOLUME XVIII, Memorandum of Conversation, 151, Washington, May 24, 1977, P. 494.

( ) Ibid, P. 495.

( ) Ibid, P. 496.

( ) Ibid.

( ) Ibid, P. 497.

( ) Ibid, P. 498.

( ) FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1977–1980, VOLUME XVIII, Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Saudi Arabia, 152, Washington, June 18, 1977, P. 499-500.

( ) FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1977–1980, VOLUME XVIII, Telegram From the Embassy in Saudi Arabia to the Department of State, 153, Jidda, June 26, 1977, P. 501.

( ) FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1977–1980, VOLUME XVIII, Letter From Secretary of State Vance to Secretary of Defense Brown, 155, Washington, August 30, 1977, P. 517.

( ) FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1977–1980, VOLUME XVIII, Memorandum From Jessica Tuchman of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski), 156, Washington, September 29, 1977, P. 518-519.

( ) FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1977–1980, VOLUME XVIII, Telegram From Secretary of the Treasury Blumenthal to the Department of State, 157, Dhahran, October 28, 1977, P. 519-520.

( ) Ibid, P. 520-521.

( ) FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1977–1980, VOLUME XVIII, MIDDLE EAST REGION; Telegram From the Embassy in Saudi Arabia to the Department of State, 159, Jidda, December 1, 1977, 524.

( ) FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1977–1980, VOLUME XVIII, Telegram From the Embassy in Saudi Arabia to the Department of State, 160, Jidda, December 7, 1977, P. 525.

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2025-04-30

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Zionist attempts to obstruct Saudi armament (F-15 aircraft deal in 1977-1978 as a model). (2025). Journal of Studies in History and Archeology, 96, 455-480. https://jcoart.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/2075-3047/article/view/1249

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