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One flock of birds accomplished what hundreds of Arab pilots and SAM-site personnel could not.
'''Bird strike''' is an [[aviation]] term for a [[bird]] striking an [[airplane]]. If the plane is in mid-air it can result in a [[Air crash|crash]], mostly if the bird hits the [[engine]], possibly causing [[engine failure]]. Aircraft collision with animals such as birds is estimated to cost $600 million annually in the United States alone. [http://www.birdstrike.org/]
'''Bird strike''' is an [[aviation]] term for a [[bird]] striking an [[airplane]]. If the plane is in mid-air it can result in a [[Air crash|crash]], mostly if the bird hits the [[engine]], possibly causing [[engine failure]]. Aircraft collision with animals such as birds is estimated to cost $600 million annually in the United States alone. [http://www.birdstrike.org/]
==Incidents==
*On August 10, 1995, an [[Israel]]i two-seat [[F-15 Eagle]] suffered a massive birdstrike and crashed, killing both the pilot and navigator.<ref>''Israeli F-15 Eagle Units in Combat'', by Schlomo Aloni, Osprey Publishing, 2006</ref>
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