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The F-15 started rolling uncontrollably after the collision and the instructor ordered an ejection. The crew of the two-seat training version F-15, pilot Zivi Nedivi and navigator Yehoar Gal, did not initially realize the extent of the damage, as fuel leaking profusely and vaporizing at the wing attachment was obscuring their view of the area where the wing once was. The right wing of the Eagle was sheared off roughly 2 ft (60 cm) from the root. The pilot of the Skyhawk was automatically ejected and his aircraft disintegrated. On, during an Israeli Air Force dissimilar air combat training session over the Negev, an F-15D Eagle (or Baz) collided with an A-4 Skyhawk. The lifting body properties of the F-15, together with its overabundant engine thrust, allowed the pilot to achieve this unique feat. Notably, the F-15, (with a crew of two), managed to land safely at a nearby airbase, despite having its right wing almost completely sheared off in the collision. In May 1983, two Israeli Air Force aircraft, an F-15 Eagle and an A-4 Skyhawk, collided in mid-air during a training exercise over the Negev region, in Israel. The Israeli Air Force F-15D Baz '957' involved in the incident, seen here in 2011Īn Israeli Air Force A-4 Skyhawk similar to the one involved