Air battle of Mansoura

Air battle of Mansoura
Part of the Yom Kippur War
Date October 14, 1973 Location Nile Delta, Egypt Result Egyptian victory
Belligerents
Egypt	Israel
Commanders and leaders
Hosni Mubarak (EAF) Ahmed Abdel Rahman Nasser (No. 104 Wing)	Benny Peled (IAF)
Strength
62 MiG-21 aircraft	160 F-4 Phantom II and A-4 Skyhawk aircraft[1]
Casualties and losses
6 aircraft lost and 2 pilots killed in total: - 3 aircraft shot down - 3 aircraft out of fuel, crashed	17 aircraft shot down (Egyptian claim)[2] 2 aircraft shot down (Israeli claim)

The air battle of Mansoura was an air battle that took place in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War between the Egyptian Air Force (EAF) and the Israeli Air Force (IAF) near the town of El Mansoura, in the Nile Delta.

The Israeli air force launched air strikes on October 14 against the Egyptian air bases at Tanta and Mansoura. Israeli aircraft were spotted approaching from the Mediterranean Sea. The 104th Air Wing of the Egyptian air force scrambled its fighters, and received reinforcements from other air bases.^{[citation needed]} The air battle began at 15:15 and lasted 53 minutes. The Egyptian commander was Hosni Mubarak. According to Egyptian sources, multiple Israeli fighters were shot down; this is disputed by Israeli sources.