The F-16 fighter jets are expected to return to service in less than a week, after costly repairs are made. Eight…
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Eagle Vs Foxbat: The MiG-25 Kills Scored by Israeli F-15s
by Dario LeoneThe best aircraft that the USSR could supply to the Syrians to counter Israeli fighters was the MiG-25P ‘Foxbat-E’ interceptor, and…
- HelicoptersLosses and Aviation Safety
Israeli Air Force CH-53 Yas’ur Crash-Lands in Negev Desert. All Crew Members Uninjured
by Dario LeoneA technical malfunction that led to a fire in the engine caused the CH-53 Yas’ur to come down near Kibbutz Beit…
Israel may need to decide between acquiring additional F-35s from Lockheed Martin or the modernized F-15IA, which according to Boeing is…
- 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…
- Aviation HistoryCold War EraMilitary Aviation
The Story of Israeli Air Force First Two Aerial Victories that Never Were
by Tom CooperJun. 3, 1948 is widely considered as the day on which Israeli Air Force scored its first two aerial victories. But…
- 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
Cool Video Shows Israeli Air Force Setting Record in Tetris Challenge
by Dario LeoneThe footage shows fighter jets (F-15I Ra’am and F-16I Sufa), trainers (M346 Lavi, G-120A Snunit and T-6A Efroni), helicopters (OH-58B Saifan)…
- 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…
- Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
IAF Fighter Pilots Explain why Israel Picked the F-15 Eagle over the F-14 Tomcat
by Dario LeoneFrom an Israeli point of view, the Tomcat could not match the three principal virtues of the Eagle — the F-14…
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