The research regarding the six day war and the aerial operations named Operation Moked is extensive but there are certain shortcomings in the research that examines both the operation and the principle of surprise. The aim of this paper is to contribute to this research by utilising existing military theories on the principle of surprise in order to identify indicators that are representative of surprise.  These indicators are thereafter used in a study of Operation Moked in order to examine the extent of in which the principle was utilised. The result of this research goes to show that the principle of surprise was utilised in great extent by Israel during Operation Moked. / Det har bedrivits mycket forskning kring Sexdagarskriget och det lyckade israeliska luftanfallet Operation Moked men det finns vissa brister i forskningen på operationen kopplat till krigföringsprincipen överraskning. Denna uppsats syftar till att bidra till detta forskningsläge genom att använda militära teoribildningar kring principen överraskning och bryta ut indikatorer på vad som kännetecknar principen. Dessa indikatorer används sedan i en studie av Operation Moked för att undersöka i vilken utsträckning principen tillämpades. Resultatet av denna undersökning påvisar att överraskning tillämpades i stor utsträckning av Israel under Operation Moked.

This study examines the Six-Day War from an asymmetric airpower perspective. There are two main problems which motivates the study. One is the asymmetry between Israel and the Arab nations. The other is a research problem, that prior studies fail to offer a full understanding of the use of air power in the war. The research question is: How can we understand Israel's success in the Six-Day War using The Underdog's Model? The main purpose is to provide a better understanding of the case which is being studied, the Six-Day War, and what role air power played during the war from a perspective of asymmetry in conflicts. Questions based on the different factors from the theory are used to analyse the literature. The results show that for some specific factors from the theory, it is hard to say exactly which side performed better. However, when analysed as a whole, the results indicate that Israel performed better than the Arab nations in general across the six domains. The results also indicates that Israel managed to reach several of their goals and denied their opponents from doing so in an efficient manner.