SYRIA
Middle East Conflicts
NAME VICTORIES UNIT AF BASE COMMENTS Mansour, Fayez Hafez Ashraf 14 Mansour, Mohammad 12 9 Sq. Tiyas, Dmeyr el-Gar, Adeeb 7 54 Sq. Dumayr, Hama Hamshu, Bassam 7 5 Sq. Damascus Halabi, Majad 6 . Zugbi, Majid 6 4 unconfirmed? Adib, Djur Abid 5 al Masry 3 54 Sq. Hama Salam, Omar Farouk Abdel 3 Ahmedi, Muhammed 2 Dumayr al-Hamidi 2 .(a) al-Jindi, M. F. 2 . Assaf 2 54 Sq. Hama Dib, Zacharia 2 ? Zakariyah, Deeb Duarah 2 . el Ali 2 5 Sq. Damascus Hedra, Kamal Abu 2 al-Nasiriah ? Hadra Chau 2 ? Haw, Hau Khaddam, Gallal Eddeen 2 al-Nasiriah Kokach 2 5 Sq. Damascus Merza 2 ? Merzah unknown 2 al-Nasiriah wingman of Kamal Abu Hedra Akram 1 67 Sq. Dumayr al-Abed 1 1 Sq. al-Mezzeh al-Baowab, Zuhair 1 8 Sq. Bley al-Din Wadi, Muhi 1 1 Sq. al-Mezzeh gunner of al-Abed al-Dzarf, Adib 1 5 Sq. Damascus al-Halabi 1 54 Sq. Chama al-Kherat, Abdul Wahhib 1 . al-Masry, Samir Mohammad 1 1 Sq. al-Samarray, Mohammed Jassim 1 Iraqi al-Taweel 1 54 Sq. Hama al-Wazwazi, Ghazi 1 77 Sq. Dumayra al-Zo´aby 1 Alvi, Sattar 1 PAF Amir 1 Assasáh 1 Atif 1 26, 102 Sq. Inchas Auni 1 67 Sq. Dumayr Badawy, M. 1 5 Sq. Damascus Bayrouty, Mohammed Osama Ameen 1 9 Sq. Tiyas Daghestani, Mowafaq 1 1 Sq. Dauvara 1 al-Nasiriah Dawood, Mohi ad-Din Kamal 1 Dibbs 1 al-Nasiriah Dukovac, Mato 1 al-Mezzeh Croatian Fakhry, Hesham 1 57 Sq. Dumayr 1 UAV TeR.124 Firebee Galabi, N. 1 Habbal 1 Dumayr ? Samir Habal Hakim 1 . Harra 1 Hassan 1 Sayqal Hazan 1 . Heirat 1 ? Kheirat, al-Kherat Hussein, Adnan 1 5 Sq Dumayr Chatib, Ali 1 Sayqal Jelyi 1 Sayqal ? Djeli, Dzhelji Kahwaji 1 Sayqal ? Kahvadzhi Koazhi 1 . Malka 1 67 Sq. Dumayr Masr, Fuad Moussa 1 Nazach 1 ? Nakhaz Qubaisi, Mohammed Ahmed 1 Razzak, Abdul 1 9 Sq. Tiyas Sarkees 1 al-Nasiriah Selmy, Nafia 1 Shakruw 1 Tauil 1 . Whahhab, Abdul 1 . Zamih 1 ? Zabi, Zoaby Zogba 1 ? Sayqal unknown 1 wingman of Al Masry unknown 1 wingman of Fuad Moussa Masr unknown 1 wingman of Mohi ad-Din Kamal Dawood unknown 1 al-Mezzeh gunner of Mato Dukovac unknown 1 5 Sq. Damascus wingman of Bassam Hamshu unknown 1 9 Sq. Tiyas nightattack unknown 1 1 UAV TeR.124 Firebee al-Assasa 1 [0+1] 1 Sq. al-Mezzeh al-Garudy, Munir 1 [0+1] 1 Sq. al-Mezzeh Ali 1 [0+1] . Tomi 1 [0+1] .
| D | : Damaged |
| U | : Unconfirmed |
| PAF | : Pakistan Air Force (پاک فِضائیہ—Pāk Fizāʾiyah) |
| SyAAF | : Syrian Arab Air Force (القوّات الجوية العربية السورية, Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al Arabiya as-Souriya) |
| (a) | : This may actually be Egiptian Quadri al-Hamid. |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21FL, Syrian Air Force / القوات الجوية العربية السورية.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PF, Syrian Air Force / القوات الجوية العربية السورية.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML, Syrian Air Force / القوات الجوية العربية السورية.
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