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F-15D Baz 957 'Markia Schakim' (Sky Blazer), 106 Squadron, Israeli Air Force, 2011

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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 archive2023-02-21
Last modified2023-10-28
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