 Another aircraft operated by the squadron is F-15I #201 (94-0286), the very first F-15I built.Manat has also participated in the evaluation of foreign aircraft types, including the Syrian MiG-23 whose pilot defected to Israel in October 1989 and a pair of MiG-29s loaned from a European air force in 1995.During its stay in Israel, one of the MiG-29s even carried the squadron emblem.