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Old 9th Jul 2004, 18:08
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IDF/AF RF-4E no.485

A good friend of mine was flying the sister of this one around 1979 over Lebanon.

He was hit and with engine out he had to land on a road in South Lebanon. He touched down dead stick at about 180 Knots and managed to ground roll along the road for about 2 Km trying to reach IDF/Army lines but stopped short.

He and his nav managed to get the photo tapes and run like hell for over 2Km to reach some of their own soldiers while the Syrians fired machine guns at them.

A special sortie was flown to destroy the aircraft and its hi tec equipment.

This would never have been reported but was it quite normal for recon aircraft to be shot down around that time.
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