 Soviet/Russian sources state the Syrians lost six MiG-23MFs, four MiG-23MSs and fourteen MiG-23BNs in the Bekaa Valley, Syrian claim to have shot down at least five F-16s, two F-4Es, and a BQM-34 unmanned reconnaissance plane with MiG-23s.Israeli F-16s, the bomber workhorse of the Israel Defense Forces, participated in the 2006 Lebanon War.The only reported F-16 loss was an IDF F-16I that crashed on 19 July when one of its tires burst as it took off for Lebanon from an air base in the Negev.