World's top jet ace dies

[KwaZulu]

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/gio...-pilot-and-worlds-top-jet-era-ace-dies-at-87/

 

[KwaZulu]

A video of him describing a dogfight

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1135975144279921

View: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1135975144279921

 

[Dynoman]

Includes interview with Giora Epstein and the IAF Mirage fight against Egyptian MiGs.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAmll07lghc

 

[NMaude]

Includes interview with Giora Epstein and the IAF Mirage fight against Egyptian MiGs.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAmll07lghc

The video is not available in New Zealand.

 

[Squirrel]

Top jet ace?! Hm ,what about Nikolay Sutyagin and Evgeniy Pepelayev ,both in MiG-15 with 22 and 19 shootings down/aerial victories each . Btw, Soviets/Russians never used to say kills (aerial kills) like westerners use to say.

Same thing is in domain of AAM's. Western sources give us data about 'Pk' or Probability of kill but Soviet/Russian or Eastern sources mention only Probability of hit ( shooting down) data.

I've never appreciate that word kill , because only human can be killed,not airplane/aircraft.

 

[Grey Havoc]

https://elpoderdelasgalaxias.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/dassault-mirage-iiicj-hawkeye-over-out/

 

[KwaZulu]

 

[KwaZulu]

His final flight in an F16 Netz. They put all his victories on the plane for him. Of course all his victories were in a Mirage III or a Nesher.

 

[Foo Fighter]

What a record, takes a lot of dedication to get where he did, akin to Bader himself.

Blue skies and endless fuel for the last mission. RIP, Sir.

 

[KwaZulu]

Epstein commenting on difference between flying the Mirage III and the F16

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g77BjQYy-tA