The Iraqi air defences lost the track of Dowran’s jet until it entered the zone covered by their low-altitude radars, about…
Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
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- Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
In 1984, an Armed Iranian F-4E Phantom II Defected to Iraq
by Dario LeoneThe F-4E was subsequently parked inside one of Tallil hangars and left there: US troops destroyed it in 1991. Wreckage was…
- 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…
- Military Aviation
The Myth of Soviet Arms and Tactics in the Middle East, Part Five: why Soviet arms perform so poorly in Arab service
by Tom CooperThe available technology and know-how just couldn’t keep up: by the time the MiG-23 ‘had to enter series production’, it was…
- Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
IRIAF F-4E Phantom II crashes into Persian Gulf. Both Crew Members eject safely.
Regular patrol flights of IRIAF F-4E Phantom II fighters are common in the region, but this crash comes amid tensions in…
- Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The Soviet MiG-25 Reconnaissance Flights over Israel that IAF Fighters were never able to intercept
by Dario Leone‘We saw Phantoms being scrambled from bases in Israel, but especially so from Meliz and their new base in the southern…
- Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The Egyptian Air Force First Phantom Killer That Never Was
by Dario Leone‘Then my leader yelled, “Break, break, we have two aircraft behind!” So, I forgot about the smoking Phantom and turned away.…
- Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
THRILLING COLD WAR ERA VIDEO FEATURES U.S. AIR FORCE F-4 PHANTOM INTERCEPTORS PERFORMING ZULU ALERT SCRAMBLE
by Dario LeoneDuring Zulu Alert Scrambles the F-4 Phantoms had to be airborne within 5 minutes of horn going off Taken in a…
