‘On popular request’: what’s the story about ‘Iraqi Mi-24 shot down an Iranian F-4’ – and then using an AT-4 or…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The story of Abbas Dowran, the Iranian F-4E pilot who was shot down while trying to conduct a low level attack on Baghdad during the summit of non-aligned nations
The Iraqi air defences lost the track of Dowran’s jet until it entered the zone covered by their low-altitude radars, about…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The Iraqi MiG-21 F-14 Killer than never was: the story of the MiG-21 Jay Fighter
Is there a chance for such an aircraft to have ever shot down an IRIAF F-14? This is to address one…
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Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
When Gaddafi ordered a MiG-23 to collide with a Libyan Arab Airlines Boeing 727 to demonstrate negative effects of international sanctions imposed on Libya
The MiG-23UB crew were shocked to sense a detonation on the underside or below their aircraft. A fire broke out. A…
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Aviation HistoryCold War EraMilitary Aviation
Former Pakistan Air Force pilot decorated for having scored three (unconfirmed) kills against Israeli military aircraft during the Six-Day War passes away
Saif ul-Azam claimed, and was credited with downing 3 Israeli jets in the June 1967 War. His claims remain ‘unclear’, though.…
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Military Aviation
The MiG-29s deployed to al-Jufra Air Base may belong to Libyan National Army Air Force but it doesn’t really matter: they are in Libya ‘in the name of Russia’
It doesn’t matter if the MiG-29s are operated by or on behalf of the LNA, Belarus, Vanuatu, or Mars People. Just,…
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Military Aviation
The deployment of Russian MiG-29 and Su-24 Jets to al-Jufrah Air Base and all you need to know about what’s going on in Libya
For those who might still have doubts, or prefer to call this ‘fake news,’ the main image of this post features…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Did you know the former president of Egypt Hosni Mubarak was a good military pilot? Pt. 2: Nocturnal Il-28 Reconnaissance Sorties over Israel
Between others, in 1959-1960, Mubarak and his unit’s Il-28Rs flew a series of nocturnal reconnaissance sorties over Israel: the last such…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Did you know the former president of Egypt Hosni Mubarak was a good military pilot? Pt. 1: Spitfire Pilot
Very little is known about Hosni Mubarak’s military career in the public: at most, Egyptians might recall him as a ‘hero’,…
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Syrian MiG-29-fleet is in very poor condition, as obvious from the recent crash of the jet flown by Col. Yunes al-Makdid,…
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