<s>
Wings	B-Application
Over	I-Application
Israel	I-Application
(	O
also	O
titled	O
Combat	B-Application
Over	I-Application
Israel	I-Application
in	O
some	O
European	O
markets	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
2008	O
combat	O
flight	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
computer	O
game	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
covering	O
the	O
three	O
major	O
Middle	O
Eastern	O
conflicts	O
of	O
the	O
20th	O
century	O
:	O
the	O
Six-Day	O
War	O
(	O
1967	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Yom	O
Kippur	O
War	O
(	O
1973	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Lebanon	O
War	O
(	O
1982	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Strike	B-Application
Fighters	I-Application
engine	O
and	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Third	O
Wire	O
Productions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
series	O
of	O
games	O
is	O
designed	O
by	O
Tsuyoshi	O
Kawahito	O
(	O
known	O
as	O
'	O
TK	O
 '	O
)	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
also	O
involved	O
in	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
1990s	O
best	O
selling	O
PC	O
flight	B-Application
simulators	I-Application
,	O
including	O
European	B-Application
Air	I-Application
War	I-Application
(	O
1998	O
)	O
by	O
MicroProse	O
and	O
Longbow	B-Application
2	I-Application
(	O
1997	O
)	O
by	O
Jane	O
's	O
Combat	O
Simulations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wings	B-Application
Over	I-Application
Israel	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	B-Application
2008	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Strike	B-Application
Fighters	I-Application
series	O
of	O
"	O
lite	O
"	O
flight	B-Application
simulators	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Third	O
Wire	O
Productions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
"	O
lite	O
"	O
was	O
applied	O
because	O
they	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
relatively	O
easy	O
to	O
learn	O
and	O
play	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
more	O
"	O
hardcore	O
"	O
flight	B-Application
simulators	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
Middle	O
East	O
from	O
1967	O
to	O
1982	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
flying	O
IDF/AF	O
jet	B-Application
fighters	I-Application
in	O
three	O
historical	O
campaigns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
improved	O
on	O
its	O
existing	O
Strike	B-Application
Fighters	I-Application
engine	O
and	O
thus	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
another	O
step	O
forward	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
quality	O
and	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
"	O
lite	O
"	O
tag	O
,	O
a	O
fair	O
amount	O
of	O
realism	O
has	O
been	O
built	O
in	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
;	O
1960s-style	O
bombsights	B-Application
are	O
simulated	O
for	O
the	O
pre-1970s	O
aircraft	O
rather	O
than	O
modern	O
computer-aided	O
aiming	O
reticules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dogfights	B-Device
are	O
usually	O
close-up	O
affairs	O
regardless	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
period	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
missiles	O
get	O
better	O
over	O
time	O
,	O
longer-range	O
kills	O
can	O
be	O
achieved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
they	O
fly	O
,	O
many	O
other	O
computer-controlled	O
aircraft	O
will	O
be	O
up	O
in	O
the	O
air	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
viewed	O
as	O
they	O
engage	O
in	O
dogfights	B-Device
or	O
bomb	O
targets	O
.	O
</s>
