SYRIA, THE SUFA AND THE SAEGHE

For the first time since 2006, the Israeli Air Force has lost a manned aircraft in combat. The F-16I fell victim to a Syrian surface-to-air missile in a complex game of cat and mouse over northern Syria and the Golan Heights.

The Mohajer-6 UCAV hand-over ceremony on February 5 this year. Ali Naderi
The Saeghe UAV unveiling ceremony at the Shahed Aerospace Industries facility in October 2016. Keyvan Tavakkoli

COMBAT REPORT // F-16I SHOOTDOWN

IN THE EARLY hours of February 10, an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air and Space Force (IRGCASF) Saeghe unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) — a reverseengineered version of the

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