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Syrian MiG-23BN in action

the ceremonial formation of the personnel of the 32nd GIAP, and before the formation - the commander of the guard regiment, Colonel A.B. Bokach. Since Alexander Borisovich stayed at this post for a relatively short time (only about a year), the shooting time, judging by the situation, can most...

MiG-23 object year 1970 series

Libyan MiG-23U flogger C trainer air refueling The MiG-23 variants have different wing loading and thrust to weight ratio, MiG-23S had a wing loading of 490 kg per square meter and thrust to weight of 0.66. MiG-23M had a wing loading of 564 kg per square meter and thrust to weight of 0.81...

While not a MiG-23 but a Su-22 downed in the Iran Iraq

Allegedly MiG-23 loses in the Iran-Iraq war 23Sep80 F-14A 81TFS/TFB.8 ? AIM-7E-4 MiG-23 IrAF 23Sep80 F-14A 81TFS/TFB.8 ? AIM-7E-4 MiG-23MS 39FS/IrAF 28Sep80 F-4E TFB.6 AIM-7E-2 MiG-23BN IrAF 28Sep80 F-4E TFB.6 AIM-7E-2 MiG-23BN IrAF 28Sep80 F-4E TFB.6 AIM-7E-2 MiG-23BN IrAF 28Sep80 F-4E TFB.6...

it speaks well about their aircraft, the MiG-23 was a great aircraft, but the Soviet Union usually barter goods, so most countries received goods practically free, Russia starting really asking cash and money. The Americans received also old aircraft, MiG-21s when Russia was flying MiG-23MLs...

Captured MiG-23MLD by Israel, after it was flown by a Syrian defector on October 11 1989 One of the MiG-23MS sent to China from Egypt, it helped to design the J-8II

http://alejandro-8en.blogspot.com/2017/06/mig-23-shot-down-in-syria.html Monday, 5 June 2017 MiG-23 shot down in Syria A Syrian MiG-23 was shot down Nort-East of Damascus by the Free Syrian Army. The pilot has been killed. The Flogger has been identified as MiG-23 "2797. There are no...

Syrian MiG-23 / 27 Flogger E are used by the Syrian Air Force for ground attack, carrying bombs and unguided rockets. https://defense-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/syrian_mig27_attacks_450.jpg

A combination of screenshots from video footage posted on YouTube show the MiG-23 aircraft before and after the explosion. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/syrian-fighter-jet-crashes-rebels-claim-they-shot-it-down/2012/08/13/104b98ac-e555-11e1-936a-b801f1abab19_blog.html

sorry the gazelle was Syrian, here are some Israeli aircraft downed in 1982 Ah-1 helicopter downed in 1982 One of the A-4N aircraft, which hit on June 6 a stronghold of militants in the n. Nabatiya was hit by a Strela-2 MANPADS missile. Pilot captain Aharon Akhyaz catapulted over the...

In Angola, MANPADS of this type were also fired in both directions. Trophy "Strela-2" of the Yuarians shot down the Angolan (Cuban) MiG-23ML fighter. On the other hand, the Cubans shot down from these MANPADS at least 2 of the Impala attack aircraft from South Africa, in reality their result was...

The Americans say that in total during the war six MiG-23s were shot down (all of them were F-15Cs). However, Iraqi fighters also struck. So, on the first day (more precisely, night) of the conflict, a MiG-23ML pair shot down the Italian ADV Tornado fighter bomber over Baghdad. The Iraqi press...

During the air battles in the Middle East from 1982 to 1985. MiG-23 destroyed 12 enemy aircraft (including at least five F-16s and three F-15s according to Russian/Syrian authors), with their losses of 11-13 aircraft. Not such a bad balance, given that the majority of the "twenty-third" were far...

MiG-23 fighters After a year in Afghanistan, the 2nd squadron of the same regiment under the command of Lieutenant Colonel V.I. Novikov replaced the 2nd squadron of the 982th IAP in Kandahar at the end of May 1985. The beginners accounted for the first combat losses of the MiG-23. Less than a...

The combat work in Shindand was carried out less intensively, because of which, by the fall of 1988, there was still only the duty link of the fighters. Shindanda was on duty in shifts, giving the opportunity to relax in the "sanatorium" mode there. The local four fighters mainly had to carry...

Both couples of cover rushed to the place of the skirmish on the afterburner, a scream and a mate aired. The Pakistani was in serious trouble - the R-24R missile launch range was enough to defeat him even before the border, they even heard an exclamation on the ground: “Let me bang him!”...

On September 12, 1988, the MiG-23MLD group from the 120th IAP flew to strike at targets in the Kunar River valley east of Asadabad. The Pakistanis were increasingly active, and the pilots more than once reported on "visual contact" with the F-16, who, for their part, accompanied the attack...

MiG-23 from Shindand regularly bombed the area of Rabati-Jali in the south, from where caravans with weapons came. Dushman bases were located here near Sabari and Hamun lakes (according to the landmarks, the place was called “near two lakes”). We no longer talked about target designation and...