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I was amazed with the article until I reached the following:

"This was the first engagement between Israeli and Syrian fighter-jets since the 1980s".

Sorry but thats not true. There were some later engagements, the last one occured in 2001 when two IAF F-15 shot downed two Syrian Mig-29.

This false info, together with the reason that I have never heard about that engagement, makes me believe that the story is a fake.
The source looks fishy too.

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23 posted on 02/11/2005 1:18:50 PM PST by IAF ThunderPilot (The basic point of the Israel Defense Forces: -Israel cannot afford to lose a single war.)

To: IAF ThunderPilot

P.S,
The names of the Syrian pilots that were written in the article, are the same names of the Syrian pilots who were shot downed by the two IAF's F-15s in 2001.

A super fishy story!

25 posted on 02/11/2005 1:25:21 PM PST by IAF ThunderPilot (The basic point of the Israel Defense Forces: -Israel cannot afford to lose a single war.)

To: IAF ThunderPilot

Keep the pics commin'

26 posted on 02/11/2005 2:12:36 PM PST by Edgerunner (Proud to be an infidel.)

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