Mig-21 pilot account from the 1973 Yom Kippur War

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https://tribune.com.pk/story/855837/50-years-on-memories-of-the-1973-arab-israeli-conflict/

 

 

 

On our side: We were always the first to scramble whenever a threat materialised. We were flying Mig-21F13, which had been almost phased out in the world’s air forces. The gun on board was ancient and had probably never been harmonised. The missile was K-13, the first Russian design and a copy of Sidewinder. The aircraft had barely enough fuel to last a maximum of 30 minutes in air without combat, which was a severe handicap. None of us was familiar with the terrain because we mostly flew over Lebanon, north of Israel and the Mediterranean. We had absolutely no intelligence information on the Israeli air force operations and tactics. The Syrians could not tell us anything constructive to assist us in combat.

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Mansour, a well know name in the SyAAF. A family of airmans.

 

One of the brothers, Col Fayez Mansour was KIA in the War of Attrition. His MiG-17 was shot down by Mirages in interception of Skyhawks near Mount Hermon.