This Vampire FB.5 is a former Lebanese Air Force fighter. The first prototype De Havilland Vampire flew on 20 September 1943, six months after the Gloster Meteor.
De Havilland
Vampire FB.5
The FB.5 fighter-bomber was the most common variant of the Vampire. During the first jet dog fight in Middle East history, an IAF Meteor shot down two Vampires in 1955. Another Vampire was shot down by an Ouragan in 1956, and four others were shot down by Mysteres in the Sinai Campaign.