Key Points and Summary - The Soviet MiG-23 "Flogger," introduced in the late 1960s, was a high-speed interceptor designed for mass production, embodying the Soviet strategy of quantity over quality.

Developing and mass-producing a piece of hardware as complex as a jet fighter is a notoriously difficult and winding endeavor. From flawed concepts to poor execution, the potential for failure lurks ...

Key Point: The MiG-23 holds the unlucky reputation as an accident-prone and ineffective fighter. Although not exactly the same airframe, the distinction between the MiG-27 and MiG-23 is minimal. The ...

Key Points and Summary on MiG-23 - The MiG-23 "Flogger" was the Soviet Union's ambitious attempt to counter Western air power with a versatile, swing-wing fighter. -Designed for high-speed ...

On Jan. 5, 2013, a Syrian Arab Air Force MiG-23 whose pilot had been ordered to attack Aleppo, fled to Turkey. Upon entering Turkey’s airspace, the defecting pilot replied to the radio calls of the ...

Pilots ejected from a MiG-23 fighter plane shortly before it crashed during the Thunder Over Michigan show on Sunday, video shows. Authorities told FOX 2 Detroit that the Soviet-designed MiG-23 ...

In a miraculous escape, a pilot and crew member ejected from a vintage jet minutes before it crashed during a Michigan air show on Sunday. According to the statement released by the Wayne County ...

Turkey has warned Syria many times about incursions by Syrian aircraft into their airspace. This weekend, they once again made good on those warnings via downing one of Syria's geriatric MiG-23s. What ...

Washington, August 14: Two people ejected safely from a fighter jet that later crashed during an airshow in the US state of Michigan, the media reported. Shortly after 4 p.m. on Sunday evening, the ...

Both were lost at the beginning of 2016 (one crashed due to a failure, the other shot down). The one below, reportedly filmed few days ago, is believed to show the only remaining Libyan National Army ...

A MiG-23 trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force today crashed in Rajasthan's Jodhpur district New Delhi: An Indian Air Force (IAF) MIG-23 aircraft has crashed in Rajasthan's Jodhpur in the second ...