Variously referred to by American media as “The Stab in the Back-yard”, “The Fishbed Flap” “The Redhawk Incident” or more ominously…
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The story of the Israeli Mirage that shot down an Israeli F-4E Phantom II during the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War
by Dario Leone‘While one of the Mirages from No. 144 Squadron, IAF shot down the F-4E with the call-sign Buffet 2, another went…
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Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
[Video] Israeli Fighter Pilot explains how he became the first F-15 Driver to score a MiG Kill
by Dario LeoneSpotting the two MiG-21s first, Moshe Melnik became the section leader and turned towards them, launching a Python 3 AAM as…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The Unknown Role Played by the F-104 Starfighter During Operation Bolo
by Dario LeoneThe F-104s were therefore given CAP role, although their radar cross section was actually more like that of a Thunderchief, and…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Between the MiG-21PF and the MiG-21PFM: the Story of the MiG-21PFS, the Weird Fishbed Variant
by Tom CooperBetween Jun. 12 and 30 1967, the USSR delivered exactly 65 such MiG-21PFS aircraft to Egypt as replacements for losses from…
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Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
How a VMFA-333 F-4 Phantom II scored the only USMC Mig Kill of the Vietnam War
by Dario Leone‘The growl of the Sidewinder tone was loud enough to drive you from the cockpit, and it really did a job…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The story of No.26 Squadron “Black Ravens” MiG-21s, the Egyptian Air Force Top Guns of Yom Kippur War
by Dario LeonePilots from No. 26 Squadron strove to improve their skills to a degree where they could outmatch the Israelis, and they…
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Washington is upset that Israel added advanced Israeli-made electronic systems to the F-16s, giving Jerusalem an edge over American planes US…
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Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
The Incredible Story of the Iranian F-14 Pilot that Safely RTB after having flown through the Fireball of the Iraqi MiG-21 He Had just Shot Down
by Dario Leone“I fired one AIM-9 at very close range, and when my missile hit the MiG, it blew up into a massive…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
That Time an IrAF Commander painted a Female Lap on the Runway to help MiG-21 Pilots Accomplishing Successful Landings
by Dario LeoneThe results of this exercise were unique: most of the pilots accomplished successful landings right ‘on the spot’ during their first,…
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