The Israeli AF is so small it is ease to count the number of F-15s and F-16s that are at any air base, at any time. Satellites of many countries can tell by photograph of the crash sites and see what type of plane was shot down.
One thing also interesting about aerial combat between the IAF and its neighboring AF's is that, combat occurs outside Israeli borders! So the press has access to the crash site before the military is able to close the area. (Similar to the media circus that occurred at the crash site when the F-117A was shot down over the Balkans.)
Only F-16s shot down by a missile was in the combat were between the Greek and Turkish air forces. One kill was made by a Mirage 2000 using a Matra Magic II missile against an F-16D back on 10/08/96. The pilot was killed, the WSO parachuted safely and was picked up be the Greek navy!
There is somewhere on this web board a lengthy article (not a posting) on this incident that happened on 10/08/96 but, I was not able to find the URL for this article.
I have more faith in the information on these URLs:
Israeli air to air kill claims
http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_270.shtmlAnother page with Israeli kill claims
http://aces.safarikovi.org/victories/vi ... srael.htmlSyrian air to air kill claims
http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_272.shtml