Giora Epstein was an Israeli fighter pilot in the Israeli Air Force, and is the current world champion in shooting down jet fighters from another aircraft.

Epstein has a total of 17 downed aircrafts to his name, all of which are confirmed. Epstein used both the Mirage III and the Mirage V for the task of shooting down enemy planes.

All the craft shot down by Epstein were part of the Egyptian Air Force and consisted of:

• 9 Mig-21
• 1 Mig-17
• 4 Su-7
• 2 Su-20
• 1 Mi-8?

The last Airplane Epstein Shot down was on October 24 1973, and he has held the wold record ever since.

The Guinness record holder is for some unknown reason an American who shot down only 16 aircrafts.