This Israeli F-15D 957 “Markia Schakim” (Sky Blazer), msn 669/D003 from the 106th “Spearhead” Squadron is best known for surviving a midair collision with an A-4 on May 1, 1983. On a training sortie between two F-15 and two A-4s, F-15D 957 made a maneuver and collided with an A-4 destroying the F-15’s right wing. The A-4 pilot ejected but somehow the F-15D managed to land. In 1982 F-15D 957 scored 4 victories against Syrian aircraft and scored its fifth victory against Syrian MiG-23 on November 19, 1985.
Added to archive | 2023-02-21 |
Last modified | 2023-10-28 |
Leaflet | 2023-08-01 August 2023 |
Barcode | 4895173417849 |