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In 1984, 12 MiG-23MF Frogger B fighter aircraft were imported. Subsequently, towards the end of the 1980s, 54 MiG-23ML Frogger G multi-role fighter aircraft and seven MiG-23UM Frogger C two-seat trainer aircraft were introduced. This expanded MiG-23 force was also dispatched to the Angola civil war and used in air combat.
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-23; NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is a third-generation jet fighter, alongside similar Soviet aircraft such as the Su-17 "Fitter".
US Air Force C-130A: MiG-17 "Fresco" Soviet Air Defence Forces [23] July 1, 1960: Near the Kola Peninsula, USSR: US Air Force RB-47H: MiG-19 "Farmer" Soviet Air Defence Forces [23] January 28, 1964: Erfurt, East Germany: US Air Force T-39 Sabreliner: MiG-19 "Farmer" Soviet Air Force: March 10, 1964: Gardelegen, East Germany: US Air Force RB-66 ...
The MiG-23 was known as YF-113 in U.S. service and, along with a greater number of MiG-21s, was part of a collection of Soviet-built aircraft that the 4477th flew. [9] Bond insisted on flying the MiG-23BN fighter-bomber [ nb 1 ] after a cursory briefing over the cockpit rail, even though it was considered a difficult aircraft and pilots usually ...
The longest continuing United States classified military airplane program is the testing and evaluation of Foreign Aircraft Technology. During the Cold War, secret test flying of Mikoyan-and-Gurevich Design Bureau (MiG) and other Soviet aircraft was an ongoing mission dating back to the acquisition of the first Soviet-built Yakovlev Yak-23 in 1953.
MiG-23: Flogger 1967 Production Fighter and fighter-bomber, most-produced variable-geometry aircraft, originally to be based on Ye-2A or Ye-8: MiG-25: Foxbat 1964 Production Interceptor and reconnaissance-bomber, fastest mass-production aircraft MiG-27: Flogger-D/J 1970 Production Ground-attack aircraft derived from the MiG-23 MiG-29: Fulcrum ...
At 11:55 local time, the airborne E-2 detected two Libyan MiG-23 Floggers taking off from Bomba (Al Bumbah) airfield near Tobruk, and observed them heading north toward the battle group. The two F-14s from VF-32 were directed to intercept the MiG-23s, while the F-14s from VF-14 covered the A-6s as they departed to the north. [10]
On 24 February 1996, two of the Brothers to the Rescue Cessna 337 Skymasters (twin-engine civilian light aircraft) were shot down by a Cuban Air Force Mikoyan MiG-29UB, while a second jet fighter, a MiG-23, orbited nearby. All the occupants of the aircraft were killed: Carlos Costa, Armando Alejandre, Jr., Mario de la Peña and Pablo Morales.