With a radar-guided R.530 missile and an unmatched climb rate, Israel’s Dassault Mirage III soared past the ceilings of typical fighters. During the Yom Kippur War, Giora Epstein piloted it into the ...

Israeli fighter pilot Giora Epstein is the ace of aces for supersonic fighter jets and of the Israeli Air Force. His 17 victories are the most of any pilot in a the modern fighter jet era.