“I pushed my throttle to full dry power while my aircraft went through the vertical and pointed at the Tomcats… Read More
During a training mission on Mar. 20, 1991, Orestes Lorenzo Perez flew the MiG-23 from Cuba to Key West. When… Read More
The young lieutenant acquired lock-on and fired a single R-24T. The hefty weapon detonated below the F-14A, setting it… Read More
“As we flashed past their formation at 1,000 knots closing speed, Jaws immediately cranked our jet into crushing 6.5-g… Read More
After Mathias Rust’s landing in Red Square, Muscovites joked the place was now Sheremetyevo 3, as Sheremetyevo 1 and 2… Read More
On Mar. 20, 1991 MiG-23 pilot Orestes Lorenzo Perez circled the Naval Air Station Key West three times, waggling the… Read More
By the early to mid-1980s, TOPGUN had developed long-standing relationship with the USAF Fighter Weapons School. The history of… Read More
Two Cold War-Era MiG-23 fighter jets have already been brought to hangar near the East Texas Regional Airport to… Read More
‘Every flight ended with the same result: MiG-21 lost, although he had much higher thrust-to-weight ratio,’ Vladimir Kondaurov, Soviet pilot… Read More
After returning to the carrier, both the F-14s received single FLOGGER 'kill' markings above the nose MODEX, although these were… Read More
MiG-23 pilot Hazem al-Bajigni subsequently found himself accused of intending to steal a C-130 transport and fly the plotters out… Read More
The MiG-23UB crew were shocked to sense a detonation on the underside or below their aircraft. A fire broke out.… Read More
The Soviet agreement to export MiG-23MFs and MiG-25PDs to Syria was major break-through: it was the time ever that… Read More
The Pakistani F-16 pilot released two AIM-9L, rolled 135 degrees and left the fight 'head over heels' from within 1500… Read More
"I am pretty sure that was a frightful sight for those in the Mi-2 helicopter to see two Tomcats with… Read More
The available technology and know-how just couldn’t keep up: by the time the MiG-23 ‘had to enter series production’, it… Read More
No less than 35 pairs of Libyan interceptors, including total of 70 MiG-23MS's, MiG-25Ps, Mirage F.1s, and even Su-22s,… Read More
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