An Israeli military jet pilot shot down two Egyptian Soviet-made advanced MIG-19 jets today in a brief dogfight over Israeli territory, in which a Matra air-to-air missile was used for the first time.

The scale of the exercise, diversity of aircraft involved and mission sets practiced were unusual for the first ever exercise between the two air forces. The 18-day ‘Eagles of Civilization 2025 ...

Such an acquisition is consistent with Cairo’s tradition of diversifying its military arsenal. And air defenses are certainly ...

Giora Epstein, who has died aged 87, was an Israeli Air Force pilot who could claim to be the top fighter ace of the ...

Egypt may soon become the only country in the world to fly a French Rafale, an American F-16, a Russian MiG-29, and a now a Chinese J-10C fighter jet, as the country eyes to purchase a fleet of ...

Algeria and Egypt dominate the North African region in terms of air power The MiG-29 Fulcrum is the most widely used MiG by both of the countries The MiG-29 can hit speeds over Mach 2.25 or 1,500 mph ...

"Egypt has had significant difficulties integrating its Russian-supplied MiG-29 and Su-35 aircraft into its largely Western-supplied networks and command and control systems," Justin Bronk, senior ...

Egypt first showed interest in MiG-29s in 2013, after that July's infamous coup, as part of its efforts to lessen its heavy dependency on the U.S. by diversifying its sources of military hardware ...

On Monday, Israel announced its jets had shot down two Soviet-built MIG 17’s. Israel now claims to have shot down 140 enemy planes since the end of the Six-Day War–28 Syrian and 112 Egyptian.

He noted that the Chinese YU-20 tanker aircraft should also be compatible with the Egyptian Mig-29 fighter jets, so theoretically they may practice aerial refueling during the drill.

Twenty minutes later they spotted a MiG-17 again, followed by a Phantom that fired an air-to-air missile that brought down the Egyptian fighter jet.

Participating aircraft The PLAAF deployed four to five Y-20A tankers that were also tracked live between Apr. 13 to 15, some of them flying along the 6,000 km route between China Himalayan ...