On June 27, 1979, IAF ace Moshe Melnik made history by scoring the Eagle’s first kill, downing a Syrian MiG-21 with a Python 3 missile. -During the same engagement, IAF pilot Eitan Ben-Eliyahu ...

The F-15’s first air-to-air kill was on June 27 1979, when Israeli Air Force ace Moshe Melnik shot down a Syrian Air Force MiG-21 in his F-15A. Melnik would eventually down four aircraft from F ...

The F-15’s first air-to-air kill was on June 27 1979, when Israeli Air Force ace Moshe Melnik shot down a Syrian Air Force MiG-21 in his F-15A. Melnik would eventually down four aircraft from ...

According to IAF Brig. Gen. Moshe Marom-Melnik, every enemy aircraft that attacked its forces in Lebanon was systematically shot down. “We had a field day, basically, shooting down practically ...