Israeli Skyhawks in Combat 05 JUN 1967: Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt. 27 OCT 1967: Maiden flight of first A-4H with Test Pilot John Lane in the cockpit. DEC 1967: First "IAF" Skyhawks become operational. April 1968 there used in combat. Subsequently, additional orders are placed for a total of 90 A-4H aircraft. MAR 1969 to AUG 1970: The War of Attrition" between Israel and Egypt. During the War of Attrition, the IAF faced a new threats from modern SAM sites and AAA batteries. IAF raids into Egypt resulted in the loss of many pilots. 15 MAY 1970: Col. Ezra "Babban" Dotan flying an A-4 Skyhawk destroyed two Syrian MiG-17 aircraft over Lebanon using unguided rockets. OCT 1973: Yom Kippur War. 09 OCT 1973: Due to losses incurred during the "Yom Kippur War", 46 A-4E Aircraft were transferred to Israel from the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Research place losses of Skyhawks at forty-eight. 08 JUN 1982: 1982 Lebanon War action saw the loss of an A-4 Skyhawk piloted by Captain Aharon Achiaz to a SA-7 Missle. Captain Achiaz survived but was captured. 2006: 2006 Lebanon War saw air strikes into southern Lebanon. Reported Israeli Skyhawk Losses - all causes: 29 JAN 1968 A-4H Ya'acov Agassi POW 28 JUL 1969 Nissim Ashkenazi KIA Egyptian SAM 13 MAR 1969 A-4H 18 Shmuel Yadid KWF 19 AUG 1969 19 AUG 1969 09 SEPT 1969 Haqai Ronen KIA Egyptian AAA 16 JAN 1970 Dov Peleg KIA Egyptian AAA 01 MAR 1970 Nadav Israeli KWF Night Flight 20 JUN 1970 Egyptian MiG 21 30 JUL 1970 Avner Hadar (Horwitz) Killed 02 APR 1971 A-4E 207 Uri Gadot Recovered Engine Loss 01 MAY 1971 Reuven Rot KWF Night Flight 03 OCT 1973 A-4E Ami Goldshtein KWF Low level flt 06 OCT 1973 A-4H Ehud Sadan KIA Egyptian AAA 06 OCT 1973 Matti Carp Recovered Egyptian AAA 06 OCT 1973 A-4H Ishay Catziri POW Egyptian SA-7 06 OCT 1973 Yanki Yardeni Recovered Syrian SAM 06 OCT 1973 Evtan Hanan KIA Syrian SAM 06 OCT 1973 Gideon Sharon Recovered Syrian SAM 07 OCT 1973 A-4H Libby Dollar KIA Egyptian SAM 07 OCT 1973 Ze'ev Nesher POW Syrian AAA 07 OCT 1973 Zvi Horovitz KIA Syrian SAM 07 OCT 1973 A-4E 211 Amon Shamir Recovered Syrian AAA 07 OCT 1973 Israel Rozenblum KIA Syrian AAA 07 OCT 73 Rafael Lev KIA Syrian SAM 07 OCT 1973 Moshe Astraicher KIA Egyptian AAA 07 OCT 1973 Shimon Ash MIA Syrian SAM 07 OCT 1973 Levi Bar-Ziv KIA Egyptian SAM 07 OCT 1973 Shai Avital KIA Egyptian SAM 07 OCT 1973 Yoram Lapidot KIA Egyptian SAM 08 Oct 1973 Zvi Rosen POW Egyptian SAM 08 Oct 1973 Zvi Bashan KIA Egyptian SAM 08 Oct 1973 A-4H Gideon Ben Eliezer KIA Egyptian AAA 08 Oct 1973 Unknown Recovered Syrian SAM 09 OCT 1973 Gideon Sharon Recovered Syrian SAM 09 OCT 1973 A-4E 218 Lev “Zorik” Arlozor KIA 09 OCT 1973 Mario Shaked KIA Egyptian SAM 09 OCT 1973 A-4E 209 Ehud Shelach KIA Syrian SA-3 09 OCT 1973 A-4E 204 Yaniv Litany KIA Egyptian AAA 09 OCT 1973 A-4E 821 Assaf Matos POW Egyptian AAA 09 OCT 1973 A-4H Amon Gardi POW Egyptian AAA 09 OCT 1973 A-4H Pedro Reinberg POW Egyptian AAA 10 OCT 1973 A-4E 241 Noach Hertz POW Syrian SAM 10 OCT 1973 Yehuda Ben-Ari KIA Syrian SAM 11 OCT 1973 Itzhak Ofer KIA Syrian SAM 11 OCT 1973 Michael Shneider POW Syrian SAM 11 OCT 1973 A-4H Amiram Guy POW Syrian SAM 12 OCT 1973 A-4H Israel Baster-Bar KIA Syrian AAA 13 OCT 1973 Gavriel Garzon POW Syrian AAA 13 OCT 1973 TA-4 Ran Ofri / Yehuda Shefer KIA/recov Egyptian SAM 15 OCT 1973 Uknown Recovered Syrian AAA 15 OCT 1973 Gavriel Sa'ar KIA Syrian AAA 16 OCT 1973 Menachem Eyal KIA Egyptian AAA 16 OCT 1973 Maoz Poraz KIA Egyptian AAA 18 OCT 1973 A-4H Gershon Reshef KIA Egyptian SAM 18 OCT 1973 A-4H Geideon Sharon POW Egyptian SAM 18 OCT 1973 A-4H Haim Gofen Recovered Egyptian SAM 18 OCT 1973 A-4H 03 Jacob Kubik Recovered Egyptian SAM 21 OCT 1973 Eitan Lahav KIA Syrian SAM OCT 1973 OCT 1973 OCT 1973 OCT 1973 OCT 1973 OCT 1973 13 JAN 1974 A-4E 875 Shaul Recovered Mid-air F-4E 19 APR 1974 Aryeh Dubnov KIA Syrian AAA 14 JUL 1974 Avraham Yakir KWF Night Flight 28 OCT 74 326 Yosef “Sefi” Levin KWF Bird Strike 12 NOV 1974 A-4N 347 David Recovered Gen Failure 09 JAN 1975 A-4E Uknown Recovered Mid-air trng 09 JAN 1975 TA-4H Amos Aharonov / HW Recovered Mid-air trng 21 Jan 1975 Menachem Eliyahu Recovered Lnd gr failure 29 FEB 1976 315 Moshe Gerev KWF Collision 06 JUL 1976 Avraham Baharav KWF Night Flight 17 DEC 1976 381 Simon Recovered 07 FEB 1977 Dov Cohen KWF Crash at Sea 08 MAR 1977 Shai Cohen KWF 24 JUN 1977 Avi Shani KWF Mid-air col 11 DEC 1977 A-4N 382 Yariv Gershoni Recovered Eng Failure 04 JUN 1978 319 Uriel Bina KWF Mid-air F-4E 860 15 JAN 1979 Unknown Recovered Bird Ingestion 14 OCT 1979 A-4N 339 Lion Goldenberg KWF 15 JAN 1980 A-4N 388 Netanel Eldar KWF 18 FEB 1980 A-4N 360 Yosef Gordon KWF Crash – mtn 18 FEB 1980 A-4N 355 Eitan Erez KWF Crash – mtn 18 DEC 1980 A-4E 879 Daniel Glazer KWF Crash-ops 04 OCT 1981 Eddi Lev KWF OPS 29 APR 1981 A-4N 348 Ilan G Recovered Mid-air 06 JUN 1982 Aharon Ahiaz POW Palestinian AAA NOV 1982 TA-4 481 Amir / Kremer Recovered Eng Failure 01 MAY 1983 A-4N 374 Shraqa Recovered Mid-air F15D 975 04 MAY 1983 A-4N “Y” Recovered Bird Strike 05 FEB 1984 Danny Insler KWF 27 MAY 1984 TA-4H Daniel Gury / Ilan Rozental KWF a/c failure 11 JUL 1984 Benyamin Wolfson KWF 30 AUG 1992 A-4N 323 Ram Dagan KWF 27 JUL 1998 TA-4H Recovered Eng Failure 15 NOV 1998 A-4N 386 Recovered Eng Failure 11 FEB 2004 A-4N 396 “Y” Recovered Inflight Fire Israel 102 Squadron Main Page