“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
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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
by Tom CooperVery 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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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The story of the Israeli Mirage that shot down an Israeli F-4E Phantom II during the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War
by Dario Leone‘While one of the Mirages from No. 144 Squadron, IAF shot down the F-4E with the call-sign Buffet 2, another went…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The Mystery of Air Battle of el-Mansourah, the Air Battle that Never Was but that Egyptians Think to Have Fought
by Tom CooperEven the Egyptian Air Force is not teaching its own pilots about any kind of an Air Battle of el-Mansourah. Seems,…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Between the MiG-21PF and the MiG-21PFM: the Story of the MiG-21PFS, the Weird Fishbed Variant
by Tom CooperBetween Jun. 12 and 30 1967, the USSR delivered exactly 65 such MiG-21PFS aircraft to Egypt as replacements for losses from…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Ambush! How IAF F-4s and Mirage IIIs acting as Reconnaissance Aircraft Lured into Combat Egyptian MiGs
by Dario LeoneWith a mixed formation of F-4s leading and Mirage IIIs trailing, the two-seat fighter bombers, with their powerful radar system and…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The Myth of Soviet Arms and Tactics in the Middle East, Part Two: The Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War
by Tom CooperSyria accepted about 32 Soviet advisors, but especially officers of its air force just couldn’t stand the Soviets: one of their…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
One of the first Egyptian Rafale fighter pilots killed in K-8 trainer accident
by Dario LeoneIt was initially reported that the crash involved a Dassault Rafale On Jan. 28, 2019 several media outlets reported that a…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The story of No.26 Squadron “Black Ravens” MiG-21s, the Egyptian Air Force Top Guns of Yom Kippur War
by Dario LeonePilots from No. 26 Squadron strove to improve their skills to a degree where they could outmatch the Israelis, and they…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Yoel Arnoff and the other U.S. and Foreign Volunteers with the Israeli Air Force during the October 1973 War
by Dario LeoneWhat information has become available so far indicates the presence of only three U.S. officers with the IDF/AF during the October…
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