How a Mid-Air Collision Left an F-15 Fighter With One Wing—and It Still Flew

How a Mid-Air Collision Left an F-15 Fighter With One Wing—and It Still Flew

Summary and Key Points: In 1983, Israeli pilot Zivi Nedivi and instructor Yehoar Gal achieved the unthinkable: landing an F-15 Eagle after losing an entire wing in a mid-air collision during a training exercise. -After an A-4 Skyhawk impacted their aircraft, shearing off its right wing, Nedivi miraculously stabilized the plane using afterburners to maintain […] The post How a Mid-Air Collision Left an F-15 Fighter With One Wing—and It Still Flew…