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Tishreen War Panorama Museum, Damascus, Syria
Recently I had the opportunity to visit Damascus, in Syria, one of the most wonderful and interesting towns of the Middle East. Damascus is an ancient town (for some historical sources, it is the...
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Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) in combat
As I explained in a previous post, during my travel in Syria in November 2008, I had the opportunity to visit an interesting museum: the “Tishreen War Panorama Museum”, in Damascus. The Museum was...
View ArticleAn unknown story from the Yom Kippur war: Israeli F-4s vs North Korean MiG-21s
Even if the McDonnell Douglas F-4 was developed as interceptor in response to the need of the U.S. Navy to protect their aircraft carrier, the ultimate version of the Phantom II was the USAF F-4E, [...]
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Operation Opera: how 8 Israeli F-16s destroyed an Iraqi nuclear plant 33...
33 years ago, one of the most famous and dangerous long range attack mission in Israeli Air Force history. Israeli Air Force’s interest in the Lockheed Martin F-16 was born after the Yom Kippur War [...]
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Raw footage from Yom Kippur War shows Israeli F-4 Phantom Shoot Down Egyptian...
An amazing footage from 41 years ago shows a dogfight between an Israeli Phantom and an Egyptian Mig. This clip, part of the documentary “Israel: A Home Movie” was filmed by Moshe Shargal who recalls...
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