The Soviet agreement to export MiG-23MFs and MiG-25PDs to Syria was a major break-through: it was the time ever that the…
Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
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Syrian Arab Air Force
Syrian MiG-29-fleet is in very poor condition, as obvious from the recent crash of the jet flown by Col. Yunes al-Makdid,…
- 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…
- Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
Shocking video shows the moment a SyAAF Mi-17 Helicopter is hit by Missile (allegedly fired by Turkish Backed Militia) Over Syria
‘Al Qaeda affiliated & Turkish backed militias are trying to take responsibility, but it is certainly known that Turkey targeted this…
- 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
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…
