The Meteor played a key role during the Suez Crisis; on 28 October 1956, an Israeli NF.13 took part in Operation Tarnegol, in which it successfully located and shot down an Egyptian Ilyushin Il-14 that had been carrying several high-ranking Egyptian Military officers on the eve of the crisis.
Meteoren spillede en nøglerolle under Suez-krigen; den 28. oktober 1956 deltog en israelsk NF.13 took part i Operation Tarnegol, i hvilken den med succes lokaliserede og nedskød en egyptisk Ilyushin Il-14 der transporterede adskillige egyptiske militære officerer af høj rang.