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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".
12th Fighter Squadron - replaced by MiG-23 in 1987; 13th Fighter Squadron - replaced by MiG-23 in 1987; Little is known about the combat record of Angolan MiG-21s. On March 13, 1976, a pair of FAPA-DAA MiG-21MFs destroyed an Air Zaïre Fokker F27 on the ground at Lumbala Airport using S-24 rockets. [6]
List of MiG-23 operators; List of MiG-27 operators; List of Mikoyan MiG-29 operators This page was last edited on 7 February 2023, at 20:59 (UTC). ...
The Soviet fighter-bombers in service or under development at the time (Su-7, Su-17, MiG-21 and MiG-23) did not meet the requirements for close air support of the army. [5] They lacked essential armour plating to protect the pilot and vital equipment from ground fire and missile hits, and their high flight speeds made it difficult for the pilot ...
4421 (Egyptian Air Force) painted as 23 Red (Soviet Air Force) – MiG-23BN on static display at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels. [ citation needed ] 20+59 (German Air Force) – MiG-23UB on static display at the Belgian Military Radio and Communications Museum in Bessemer, Limburg.
Slovakia had 11 MiG-29s in service as of 2022 [1] before they retired their remaining MiG-29s in 2022. On 17 March 2023, the Slovak government approved sending its retired fleet of thirteen MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. [44] On 23 March 2023, the first four aircraft have been handed over to Ukraine. [45]
By 22 October, the new aircraft were in operation, attacking Egyptian targets. On 11 November 1969 an F-4E first shot down a MiG-21. [5] Shortly after on 9 December 1969, the first Israeli F-4 was downed by an Egyptian pilot, 1st Lts Ahmad Atef, flying a Mig-21 F-13. [35]