During an air battle with Syria in April 1967, the Israeli Air Force shot down six Syrian MiG fighter jets.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent sources including U.S. Navy history, State Department archives, and Wikipedia, though Syria disputed the exact figures. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.963 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable] [kind-backfill 2026-09-15: kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- Six-Day War | Definition, Causes, History, Summary, Outcomes ... (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/middle-east/six-day-war-liberty.html (corroboration)
- https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/myths-and-facts-the-1967-six-day-war (corroboration)
- https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/ea/97187.htm (corroboration)
- https://historynet.com/the-six-day-war-sparked-forty-years-of-strife/ (corroboration)