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Old 10th Aug 2011, 12:05
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another interesting story...Eitan Karmi (Israeli AF)...3 combat ejections from the Mirage (either 3 or 5/Nesher) between October'73 and May'74.

First was on 8Oct73 to an Egyptian Mig-21 then two days later to Syrian AAA or...a Syrian Mig-21, then finally 8 months later again a Syrian SAM got his learning curve to top out

even more astounding is the fact that the incredible fighter force that was the Israeli Mirage/Nesher fleet of 400 kills: 25 air combat losses (16:1) as far as the Mirage 3 was concerned suffered a total attrition of 50+ airframes out of a total 75 available 66%+ attrition rate - probably a more profound record than their air combat prowess!
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