1970 aerial battle between Israel and the Soviet Union
Rimon 20
Part of the War of Attrition
Date
July 30, 1970
Location
West of Suez Canal
Result
Israeli victory
Belligerents
Israel
Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Mordechai Hod Iftach Spector Amos Amir
Nikolai Yurchenko †
Strength
12 Mirage IIICs 4 F-4E Phantom IIs
24 MiG-21MFs
Casualties and losses
1 aircraft damaged
4 killed 5 aircraft destroyed
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War of Attrition
Rumani
INS Eilat
Karameh
Shock
Bulmus 6
Boxer
Raviv
Rooster 53
Priha
Rhodes
Rimon 20
Rimon 20 (Hebrew: רימון 20, Pomegranate 20) was the code name of an aerial battle in 1970 which pitted the Israeli Air Force directly against Soviet fighter pilots stationed in Egypt during the War of Attrition. Israel planned the dogfight in order to send a message that it would no longer tolerate direct Soviet military involvement in its conflict with Egypt.
In the afternoon of July 30, 1970, four Israeli Mirage IIIs crossed into Egyptian airspace, flying in tight formation so as to appear as a single aircraft. As expected, four Soviet-flown MiG-21s were scrambled to intercept what they believed to be a routine Israeli reconnaissance flight. They were soon joined by an additional eight MiGs. As the Soviet fighters closed in on the Mirages, they were ambushed by four Israeli F-4 Phantoms and eight Mirage IIIs that had been lurking undetected at low altitude. An additional 12 MiG-21 reinforcements soon arrived. By the end of the close-quarters dogfight, five Soviet MiG-21s had been downed with no Israeli losses.
Egyptian military leaders were pleased with the outcome of the battle because the Soviets had long been criticizing Egypt's aerial losses to Israel and attributing them to a lack of skill among Egyptian fighter pilots. The Soviets kept quiet about the incident so as to avoid the embarrassment of their defeat. It was one of the final engagements of the War of Attrition and is widely believed to have contributed to its conclusion.
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