Moshe Melnik

Moshe Melnik was an Israeli Air Force fighter ace who was the first person to score a kill with F-15 on June 27, 1979, when he shot down a Syrian Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21[1][2] with a Python 3 after his AIM-7 Sparrow missed. Melnik was an ace in the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, scoring 5.5 kills in the type before converting to the F-15.[3]

References

  1. ^ Makichuk, Dave (2019-12-24). "America's aging Eagle still has claws". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 2022-12-05. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
  2. ^ Kambic, Tony (2021). "Many a Close Run Thing: From Jet Fighter Pilot to Airline Captain". Air Power History. 68 (1): 55–56. ISSN 1044-016X – via EBSCO Information Services.
  3. ^ Smithsonian Channel (2015-05-28). The First Time an F-15 Shot Down an Enemy Plane, from Inside Its Cockpit. Retrieved 2026-06-03 – via YouTube.
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