MontanaVet said:
"Russians just leave when they are kicked out"
I guess it could have been Israel doing the bombing, BUT I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE RUSSIANS WHEN THEY LEFT. We did get buzzed once very alarmingly by a plane that did not belong to Egypt. It pulled out so close from the bomb dive I could feel the heat from the afterburners. Enough said on this subject. It does not matter now. MV out!
I dont think anyone was looking for an argument, just more info on the Maadi's in general.
I was thinking the same thing, that is the bombing was by the IDF/AF as that was a common occurance about that time late 60's-early 70's and a small arms factory would be a nice target.
I could also see the Russians being somewhat vindictive to the Egyptians over all that happened.
They had a large presence there even a sub base in Alexandria and I know they hated giving up the foothold in the Med.
BTW thanks for the links, that was good reading.