Yom Kippur War Archives - The Aviation Geek Club

The story of No.26 Squadron “Black Ravens” MiG-21s, the Egyptian Air Force Top Guns of Yom Kippur War

Dario Leone - Dec 14 2018

Pilots from No. 26 Squadron strove to improve their skills to a degree where they could outmatch the Israelis, and they were the first to start setting up literal 'aerial ambushes' One of the most successful Egyptian Air Force (EAF) units of the October 1973 War was No. 26 Squadron, established in autumn...

Cold War Era

The Story of the Israeli A-4 Pilot who completed his first flight on the Skyhawk during the first combat sortie of “Yom Kippur” War

Dario Leone - Dec 1 2018

The Incredible Story of the IAF A-4 Pilot who completed his first flight on the Skyhawk during the first combat sortie of "Yom Kippur" War

"Only three pilots in the entire history dared to go on a combat sortie in an aircraft they never flown before. I am about to become fourth," Maj. Gen. Giora Rom, IAF former A-4 pilot Three days before the “Yom Kippur” war, Maj. Gen. Giora Rom assumed command of Skyhawk squadron, after its previous commander was killed. As Rom Himself...

Cold War Era

That time an SR-71 had an inflight emergency while on a secret mission over the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War

Dario Leone - Oct 6 2018

"We had no viable emergency airfields, and I did not want to be a no-notice, no–flight plan, single-engine emergency arrival at David Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, especially since the Israeli government had not been informed in advance about the mission," Jim Wilson, SR-71 pilot Throughout its nearly 24-year career, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3-strategic reconnaissance aircraft remained the world’s fastest and...