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In the wake of Egypt’s cancellation of Su-35 deal with Russia, Israel tries to persuade the US to approve the sale of F-15 Advanced Eagle fighter jets to Cairo

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In the wake of Egypt’s cancellation of Su-35 deal with Russia, Israel tries to persuade the US to approve the sale of F-15 Advanced Eagle fighter jets to Cairo

Dario Leone

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Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

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Cold War Era / MiG Killers / Military Aviation

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Cold War Era / Military Aviation

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Cold War Era / Military Aviation

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The Mystery of Air Battle of el-Mansourah, the Air Battle that Never Was but that Egyptians Think to Have Fought

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

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Cold War Era / Military Aviation

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Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Ambush! How IAF F-4s and Mirage IIIs acting as Reconnaissance Aircraft Lured into Combat Egyptian MiGs

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Cold War Era / Military 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

One of the first Egyptian Rafale fighter pilots killed in K-8 trainer accident

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

One of the first Egyptian Rafale fighter pilots killed in K-8 trainer accident

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The story of No.26 Squadron “Black Ravens” MiG-21s, the Egyptian Air Force Top Guns of Yom Kippur War

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The story of No.26 Squadron “Black Ravens” MiG-21s, the Egyptian Air Force Top Guns of Yom Kippur War

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U.S. and other Foreign Volunteers with the Israeli Air Force during the October 1973 War

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

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Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

The Story of the Egyptian MiG-15 Pilot that Perfectly Ditched his Stricken Aircraft in Lake Bardawil

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Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The Soviet MiG-25 Reconnaissance Flights over Israel that IAF Fighters were never able to intercept

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Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The Egyptian Air Force First Phantom Killer That Never Was

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Former Egyptian MiG pilots provide an unprecedented perspective on Six-Day War "pre-emptive" Israeli strike against EAF airfields

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Former Egyptian MiG pilots provide an unprecedented perspective on Six-Day War “pre-emptive” Israeli strike against EAF airfields

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