U.S. State Department did not mention the shooting down of an Indian MiG-21 by Pakistan F-16 as this will trigger formal…
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In total at domestic aircraft building plants there have been manufactured about 45000 aircraft of “MiG” brand, from which 11000 aircraft…
- 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 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
The Story of the first Iraqi Air Force MiG-21 Pilot Killed In Action during the Yom Kippur War
by Tom CooperHamid and Khafaji MiG-21s clashed with two pairs of Mirages, and Khafaji should have managed to shot down one of these.…
- Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The Myth of Soviet Arms and Tactics in the Middle East, Part Four: South Yemeni armed forces – the only ‘true’, Soviet-trained, Soviet-styled armed forces in the Middle East ever
by Tom CooperSoviets had no mentality of ‘serving the customer’: they stuffed Arab air forces full of Su-7BMKs armed with R-3 rockets that…
- Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The Myth of Soviet Arms and Tactics in the Middle East, Part One: from Palestine War to Suez Crisis
by Tom CooperThis legend goes so far that even the Russians began convincing themselves of it. Unsurprisingly, some of their ultra-nationalists couldn’t stop…
- Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
That Time and F-4 Phantom II “Protected” an SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3 Spy Plane from a Meteor Attack
by Dario Leone‘This rock is going God only knows how fast and is fifty miles straight up. If I can’t shoot down a…
- Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The Unknown Story of the Syrian MiG-21 Pilot who Developed the Cobra Manoeuvre: i.e. Pugachev Wasn’t the First to Perform the Cobra
by Tom CooperWhen Pugachev Cobra was flown by Soviet test-pilots for the first time, nobody cared any more about who has originally developed…
- MiG KillersMilitary Aviation
F/A-18C Hornets that shot down Iraqi MiG-21s during ODS are now part of National Naval Aviation Museum collection
by Dario LeoneFlown by LCDR Mark “MRT” Fox and LT Nick “Mongo” Mongillo on Jan. 17, 1991, each of these F/A-18C Hornets shot…
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