Very little is known about Hosni Mubarak’s military career in the public: at most, Egyptians might recall him as a ‘hero’,…
Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
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U.S. State Department Reprimanded Pakistan Air Force Chief for using F-16 and AIM-120 against India
by Dario LeoneU.S. State Department did not mention the shooting down of an Indian MiG-21 by Pakistan F-16 as this will trigger formal…
In total at domestic aircraft building plants there have been manufactured about 45000 aircraft of “MiG” brand, from which 11000 aircraft…
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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…
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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…
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