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June 27th, 1976: The AF139 Hijacking that would Lead to Operation Entebbe

By NavyVetUnited June 28, 2021

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Air France Flight 139 from Tel Aviv to Paris was hijacked on June 27, 1976, 45 years ago today, kicking off an infamous incident that saw the IDF storm the Entebbe Airport and rescue the hostages. The flight was hijacked after a short layover in Athens by four terrorists — two from of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and two from the Bader-Meinhof gang in Germany. They forced the captain to land at Benghazi airport in Libya, then shortly after flew to Entebbe Airport in Uganda, where Ugandan soldiers and president Idi Amin supported the hijackers and help…

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