What is Operation Nickel Grass?
[[File:Nickel Grass M60 C-5.jpg|thumb|right|280px|An M60 tank is unloaded from a C-5 Galaxy in Israel during the Yom Kippur War.]] '''Operation Nickel Grass''' was a [[United States]] military mission to help [[Israel]] during the [[Yom Kippur War]] in 1973. The [[Soviet Union]] helped the [[Arab Republic of Egypt]] and the [[Syrian Arab Republic]] begin a surprise attack against Israel on October 6, 1973. Between October 14 and November 14 that year, the US flew 22,325 tons of weapons, [[tank]]s, and other supplies to Israel in [[C-141 Starlifter]] and [[C-5 Galaxy]] cargo planes.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dunstan |first=Simon |title=The Yom Kippur War: The Arab-Israeli War of 1973 |url=https://archive.org/details/yomkippurarabisr00duns |year=2007 |page=[https://archive.org/details/yomkippurarabisr00duns/page/88 88] |isbn=9781846032882}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Walter J. Boyne|url=http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/1998/December%201998/1298nickel.aspx |title=Nickel Grass|journal=Air Force Magazine|date=December 1998|access-date=17 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331195111/http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/1998/December%201998/1298nickel.aspx|archive-date=31 March 2012}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Israel–United States relations}} {{military-stub}} [[Category:Military of the United States]] [[Category:1973 in Asia]] [[Category:Arab–Israeli conflict]]