This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.33°28′41″N 36°13′29″E / 33.478131°N 36.224836°E / 33.478131; 36.224836 Egyptian front International front 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.

[2] The Israeli pilots managed to shoot down two of the MiG-21s and then concentrated their attack on the airbase itself.

Using the Mirage IIIC's bombing capabilities, they were able to crater the runways and inflict light ground losses.

During the raid a MiG-21 shot down an F-4 Phantom; both the pilot and the navigator survived, but they crashed on hostile ground near the airbase, and shortly after that were rescued by IDF forces.

Another F-4 Phantom was severely damaged by anti-aircraft fire from the airbase; the plane was escorted back to Israeli airspace, and safely returned home.