“Nearly every single model of an Iraqi MiG-25PD from 1991 I’ve seen so far is missing at least one, sometimes two,…
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Interesting video shows the restoration of IrAF MiG-25 Foxbat found buried in the sand during Operation Iraqi Freedom
by TAGCTeamThe aircraft on exhibit, a MiG-25RB, was found in 2003 by American forces buried in the sand near Al Taqaddum Airbase…
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The Soviet MiG-25 Reconnaissance Flights over Israel that IAF Fighters were never able to intercept
by Dario Leone‘We saw Phantoms being scrambled from bases in Israel, but especially so from Meliz and their new base in the southern…
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TOMCAT Vs FOXBAT: THE STORY OF HOW IRIAF F-14 CREWS LEARNED TO SHOOT DOWN THE MiG-25 MACH 3 FIGHTER JET
by Dario LeoneThe F-14 Tomcat fired one AIM-54A from a range of over 100km (60 miles). The missile quickly cut the distance to…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
REMEMBERING THE ABSOLUTE ALTITUDE RECORD SET BY FEDOTOV MiG-25 ON AUG. 31, 1977
by Dario LeoneFlying a re-engined MiG-25, Fedotov reached the record height of 123,523 feet (37,650 meters) above Podmoskovnoe, Russia On Aug. 31, 1977 Alexandr…
