# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/munir-redfa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:59:06.640Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/munir-redfa"
name: "Munir Redfa"
slug: "munir-redfa"
description: "Operation Diamond was an operation undertaken by Mossad. Its goal was the acquisition of a Soviet-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, the most advanced Soviet fighter plane at that time. The operation began in mid-1963 and ended on August 16, 1966, when an Iraqi Air Force MiG-21, flown by the Iraqi Assyrian defector Munir Redfa, landed at an air base in Israel. Israel and the United States were able to study the design of the plane."
tagline: "Iraqi fighter pilot who defected to Israel (1934–1998)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Hatzerim_201206_MiG21.jpg/330px-Hatzerim_201206_MiG21.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1934"
deathDate: "1998"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.018329333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnir_Redfa"
    title: "Münir Redfa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "منير روفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "منير روفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mun%C3%ADr_R%C3%BAf%C3%A1"
    title: "Munír Rúfá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munir_Redfa"
    title: "Munir Redfa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munir_Redfa"
    title: "Munir Redfa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "منیر ردفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mounir_Redfa"
    title: "Mounir Redfa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%A4%D7%90"
    title: "מוניר רדפא"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%84%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80"
    title: "Редфа, Мунир"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2495561"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump