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The best aircraft that the USSR could supply to the Syrians to counter Israeli fighters was the MiG-25P ‘Foxbat-E’ interceptor, and…
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- Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
MiG Madness and the Story of George Davis, the Only American Ace to be Killed in Combat in Korea
by Dario LeoneA competition grew between 51st Fighter Wing and 4th Fighter Wing, the two American Sabre units. The constant emphasis on the…
- Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
Rule Breaker! F-86 Pilot tells the Story of a MiG Kill Scored over Chinese Territory
by Dario LeoneF-86 pilots routinely returned from missions with their gun camera film showing kills made over Manchuria, but they were denied credit…
- MiG KillersMilitary Aviation
F/A-18C Hornets that shot down Iraqi MiG-21s during ODS are now part of National Naval Aviation Museum collection
by Dario LeoneFlown by LCDR Mark “MRT” Fox and LT Nick “Mongo” Mongillo on Jan. 17, 1991, each of these F/A-18C Hornets shot…
- Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
The story of the USAF F-80 pilot who shot down a North Korean MiG-15 in the world’s first jet-versus-jet combat
by Dario Leone`As a matter of fact, they were doing loops and barrel rolls! I thought to myself that this has got to…
- Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
The unknown story of the Israeli F-4s that dogfighted with North Korean MiG-21s during the Yom Kippur War
by Dario Leone“Seconds later we saw them, two MiGs. Crossover and the two of us engaged them. One MiG disappeared the other MiG…
- Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
F-105 Vs MiG-17: how a badly damaged Thud gun killed a North Vietnamese Fresco
by Dario LeoneAs the F-105 slowed without afterburner the MiG overshot and Tracy fired 200 rounds of 20 mm ammunition without the aid…
- Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
This pilot scored F-100’s only (probable) MiG Kill of the Vietnam War
by Dario LeoneCapt Don Kilgus pursued a MiG-17 in a steep dive from 20,000 ft down to 7000 ft, firing several bursts from…
- Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
How a VMFA-333 F-4 Phantom II scored the only USMC Mig Kill of the Vietnam War
by Dario Leone‘The growl of the Sidewinder tone was loud enough to drive you from the cockpit, and it really did a job…
- MiG KillersMilitary Aviation
F-15 Vs MiG-29: the 493rd FS MiG Kills scored during Operation Allied Force
by Dario LeoneThe 493rd FS would claim four Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Air Force MiG-29s destroyed during the brief campaign. Operation Allied Force…
