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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F-15 Baz
- Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
The Story of Ronen Shapira, the Only F-15 Pilot to Have Ever Been hit By a MiG During An Aerial Combat
by Dario LeoneSeconds after the SyAAF MiG-21 had crashed, an AAM fired by an unseen Syrian fighter exploded inside the right-hand engine nozzle…
- Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
That Time an Israeli F-15 Pilot Managed to Land his Crippled Baz After Having Been Hit by A Live Missile Fired by an Israeli F-15 Pilot during a Mock Dogfight
by Dario LeoneFailing to follow the appropriate safety checks that would have disarmed his missiles, Yadlin pressed the trigger when he got on…
- Military Aviation
Israeli Air Force F-35I Adir takes part in First Joint Exercise with Service’s F-15 and F-16
by Dario Leone“We’re not going to adjust the ‘Adir’ (F-35I) according to the air force – we’re going to adjust the air force…
- Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
THAT TIME AN ISRAELI AIR FORCE F-15 BAZ LANDED WITH ONE WING MISSING
by Dario LeoneThe F-15 Baz No. 957 would eventually be repaired and after having scored three air-to-air victories during the 1982 Lebanon War,…
- Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
OPERATION WOODEN LEG: HOW THE F-15 BAZ FIGHTERS BECAME BOMBERS AND PERFORMED THE LONGEST AIR STRIKE IN IAF HISTORY
by Dario LeoneMany still believe that the F-15s involved in Operation Wooden Leg were F-15E Strike Eagles: instead the strike package that carried…
- Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
ISRAELI AIR FORCE F-15 “FRANKENEAGLE” IS RETURNED TO SERVICE
by Dario LeoneOn Feb. 19, 2017, the F-15 “FrankenEagle” finally took off for its first sortie since returning to the “Edge of the…
- Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
And here’s the Israeli Air Force F-15 “FrankenEagle”
by Dario LeoneAccording to the first accident report, the F-15’s central and rear parts were damaged beyond repair A badly damaged Israeli Air…
