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This Syrian Air Force MiG-23 defected undetected to Israel embarrassing the IAF. Still the Israelis were happy to finally get their hands on a Flogger.
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

This Syrian Air Force MiG-23 defected undetected to Israel embarrassing the IAF. Still the Israelis were happy to finally get their hands on a Flogger.

By 
Dario Leone
May 30 2026

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Israeli civilian pilot recalls alerting Airport in Upper Galilee after spotting Syrian MiG-23 defecting to Israel in 1989. The tower never reported it further up the chain of command.
Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Israeli civilian pilot recalls alerting Airport in Upper Galilee after spotting Syrian MiG-23 defecting to Israel in 1989. The tower never reported it further up the chain of command.

May 1 2025
By 
Dario Leone
How the defection to Israel of a Syrian Air Force MiG-23-pilot embarrassed the IAF
Cold War Era / Military Aviation

How the defection to Israel of a Syrian Air Force MiG-23-pilot embarrassed the IAF

Sep 24 2018
By 
Dario Leone
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