Recovery from back up of newer MacBook Air

I have a relatively new MacBook Air and an older MacBook. The hard drive of the latter was broken, I got a new one and in order to install it from the backup from my new air, I need to get the newest operating system. Do I need to buy mountain lion again? If not, what can I do? Please help, thanks!

I use the 4-3-1 version
More is better, but 3-2-1 is a good minimum. Heck ANY backup is better than nothing. And Time Machine is easy to use, so it is good that Apple includes it with Mac OS X.
I have systems that have more backup, I have systems with less, but all the systems have backup. My Mom's iMac is 3-2-1. SuperDuper backup to local USB disk. CrashPlan over the internet to my house (300 miles away) where I have the off-site copy. My Macbook Pro is CrashPlan to the same Mac my Mom is backing up to, and networked Carbon Copy Cloner to my work iMac (I generally make a bootable clone before any major upgrade, such as going from Lion to Mavericks). My Wife's Macs are CrashPlan'ed to the same Mac my Mom and my Macbook Pro CrashPlan backup to (a Mac mini in a closet).
Whatever works for your environment, and the realities of the people using the systems.

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