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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

F-4 Phantom

An Iranian air force F-4 takes off (CC BY-SA Shahram Sharifi/Wikimedia Commons)
July 14, 2016, 5:46 am
Iran’s aging air force faces spate of fighter crashes
Armed largely with aircraft purchased before 1979, Tehran has seen at least four accidents this year
By ToI Staff, AP and AFP
File: An F-35 taking off for its first night flight on January 18, 2012. (US Air Force/ Tom Reynolds)
April 19, 2015, 7:18 pm
Could Israeli F-35s turn the tables on Iranian S-300 missiles?
Purchase of the costly jets has provoked years of controversy. But with Russia now to deliver its air-defense system to Iran, the IAF’s chief acquisition officer stands firmly behind much-maligned aircraft
By Mitch Ginsburg
An American F-4 Phantom (photo credit: US Navy)
December 3, 2014, 2:38 pm
Iran tight-lipped on reported Islamic State airstrike
Despite footage and US confirmation, Tehran won’t confirm it launched attack on jihadist group in Iraq
By AFP
An American F-4 Phantom (photo credit: US Navy)
December 2, 2014, 4:47 pm
US official confirms Iran is bombing Islamic State
Video appears to show Iranian air force F-4 Phantom jet pounding jihadi forces in Iraq
By Stuart Winer
Turkish Armed Forces T-155 Fırtına artillery (photo courtesy of Turkish Armed Forces)
October 7, 2012, 4:49 pm
Turkish artillery fires into Syria for fifth straight day
Mortar shells land near Turkish border town of Akçakale, causing no injuries
By AP and Ilan Ben Zion
Illustrative photo of a Turkish F-4 fighter jet (CC BY-Jerry Gunner, Flickr)
September 29, 2012, 11:11 pm
Russia told Assad to shoot down Turkish plane, murder captured pilots, ‘leaked Syrian documents’ show
Devastating intelligence papers purport to prove jet was downed on Moscow’s orders, pilots captured alive by intelligence unit and then killed; Damascus had claimed June incident was an accident
By Yifa Yaakov and ToI Staff
An RF-4E recon plane. (CC-BY Torugatoru, Flickr)
July 1, 2012, 7:47 am
Russia helped Syria shoot down Turkish plane, UK newspaper claims
London’s Sunday Times reports that Russian technicians helped make split-second decision to fire at jet as a warning to NATO
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a tank rolling through a Syrian city earlier this year. (photo credit: AP)
June 29, 2012, 8:51 am
Syria masses tanks on border with Turkey
Assad regime stations 170 tanks northwest of Aleppo after Turkey sends fortifications to the border on Thursday
By Yoel Goldman
Illustrative photo of a Turkish F-4 fighter jet (CC BY-Jerry Gunner, Flickr)
June 27, 2012, 6:21 pm
We may have confused Turkish jet for an Israeli one, Syrian minister claims
Omran al-Zubi says Friday’s downing of an F-4 was a mistake, and that Israeli planes are ‘welcomed by fire’
By Ilan Ben Zion
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