1973 raid on al-Mazzah Airport

1973 raid on al-Mazzah Airport
	Part of the Yom Kippur War
	; Israeli F-4E
Date	13 October 1973
Location	al-Mazzah Airport, near al-Mazzah, Damascus
Result	Israeli victory
Belligerents
Israel	Syria
Strength
8 F-4 Phantoms; 2 A-4 Skyhawks; 4 Mirage IIIC; 3 helicopters	Syrian Air Defense Force; Syrian Air Force
Casualties and losses
1 F-4E Phantom II destroyed; 1 F-4E Phantom II damaged	1 airfield destroyed; 2 MiG-21s destroyed

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The 1973 raid on al-Mazzah Airport took place on October 13, 1973, and was one of a series of bombing raids carried out by the Israeli Air Force deep inside Syria during the Yom Kippur War.

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