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This Israeli F-4 was shot down by an Israeli Nesher during the Yom Kippur War: the story of the only Blue-On-Blue incident that resulted in one IAF aircraft shooting down another IAF aircraft

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

This Israeli F-4 was shot down by an Israeli Nesher during the Yom Kippur War: the story of the only Blue-On-Blue incident that resulted in one IAF aircraft shooting down another IAF aircraft

Dario Leone

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Cold War Era / Military Aviation

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Cold War Era / Military Aviation

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Cold War Era / Military Aviation

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Military Aviation

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Here's why the pilot of this stricken F-4D returned to base safely without his backseater

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Here’s why the pilot of this stricken F-4D returned to base safely without his backseater

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