@SMJeOma Yes i heard that too. The MiG 29 is compared alot to the F16. But im sure i read somewhere that when they tested the MiG 23 it also turned out be as good as an F16. I might be wrong be though!
@dafty97 About maneuverability, I doubt it. About top speed and ceiling, sure. Also, much more stable than the F-16 aerodynamically. The 23 requires less training than the 16.
@dafty97 not really, the Iraqi air force was massacred by the Iranians when they used this shit plane, also the jew air force massacred the Syrians when they used this plane
they ONLY success was against South African Mirage F1 and that was a draw because the south africans where running out of supplies because of the embargo
@dafty97 The latest version of MiG-23MLD with Soviet pilots was equal or even better to the early version of F-16A with Pakistani pilots over skies of the Afghanistan.
@dafty97 Good is a relative term. Like BitnikGr mentioned, a comparison between a MiG-23 and an F-16A is different than a MiG-23 and an F-16CJ. The Flogger was designed as an interceptor (much like the F-104) while the F-16 was a clear weather dogfighter. Both have evolved during their lives but their roots still determine how "multi" their roles can be.
@SemperApollo But would an aviation expert say the MiG 23 is a good plane its self or not? To be honest it looks ugly and heavy, but i do realise you cant judge a book by its cover.
I bought a dvd called Wings of the Red Star which stated that the Soviets never built a plane that was anything less than perfect for what it was designed for.
Both were produced in uncountable variants over decades, and exported widely, with each client purchasing different capabilities.
A figher aircraft is a system (containing several subsystems, the most important of them being the pilot) within a system - the national anti-aircraft defense, including GCI, AWACS, other aircraft, SAM, etc.
1st example: US F-16 (late production, fully equipped) should be vastly superior to Iraqi MiG-23 (export versions with downgraded avionics and equipment), however during the 1991 Gulf War both were equally unable to score an air-to-air-victory, though not for the lack of trying: for instance, USAF F-16 fired 36 Sidewinders, without scoring a hit!
2nd example: Soviet MiG-23 (late production, fully equipped) should have an edge over Pakistani F-16, but several of them were shot down during the Soviet Afghanistan war, after straying into Pakistani airspace.
@thirdromeprivate cuz NATO intendet to destroy almost all USSR millitary stuff we have especially this one cuz MIG23 can carry nukes and thats a long story
@Wolfgamer94 The bigger reason NATO wants to destroy old MiG's and Soviet-era weapons is because such weapons are the only things that can be acquired on the black market to fight genocidal imperialism.
The NWO is making its move to destroy the nation-states and throw the masses into chaos so they can be totally enslaved. If advanced Soviet-era weapons could be bought on the black market, then the masses might be able to mount a guerrilla war against the billionaires and destroy their mansions.
I saw the J-17 a joint production by Pakistan and China, an all purpose, all weather medium role aircraft. It was displayed on the pakistan national day and has been aadvanced sold to 6 countries already-it featured in the UK Farnborough sho as well.
if you want to know more about what us pilots thought about the 23 , look up excerps from the book "red eagles" on the google book search. and browse through! very interesting a real dangerous ship by all accounts if not treated right.
Well its official....this isn't the only one flying in the US...soon there will be another a Bulgarian MiG-23UB located right now at the Cold War Air Museum in Lancaster Texas. But yes this is a hell of a warmachine and very Russian in every way :)
MiG29MOVT, you dont need one, really. I have never flown a fighter, and probley never will, but plenty of bombers have made it good without a backseater.
HalcyonSkies, the AVG did not take on "Zeroes" as they were Japanese Navy fighters. The Japanese Army fighters in use over China/Burma were mostly the Nakajima KI-27 "Nate" and possibly a few Mitsubishi A5M4 "Claude" aircraft. The Claude was a predecessor to the Zero but was not a Zero.
The MiG-23 can actually defeat the MiG-29. I read that MiG-23s were used as aggressor aircraft in testing against the Fulcrum, and while the pilots of the Fulcrums were relatively new pilots, and the Flogger pilots were veterans, it's still something that this "out of date" jet can defeat a more modern fighter. They used hit and run tactics, similar to how AVG(Flying Tigers) P-40 Warhawks took on the more nimble Japanese Zeroes over China in WW2.
maybe out of date on paper but the flogger can still kick it today, look at the canberra, that was technically "dated" when it retired but it stayed in service for so long for a good reason, same applies to this.
n theres nothing dated about the noise this fucker makes!
India and America today finished a joint Air Force exercise in Gwalior in, which the top pilots from the two countries matched their skills against each other.
While the all-powerful US Air Force had an easy run in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Indian top guns amazingly shot them out of the sky.
Well consider this - Afganistan didn´t have any fighter jets and Iraqi´s Fulcrums an Fishbeds never left their bases. USAF didn´t have opponent in those wars.
Mig with Phazotron (Spear) airborne radar, which is capable of simultaneously tracking 8 targets and engage 2 of the 8 target tracked ,missile such as Vympel R-27. Russian advertise has claimed that this version is equivalent to early F-16. It performed well against F-15 and F-16s of the USAF during Indo-US joint air exercises, surprising American pilots
Indian pilots claimed the "kill ratio" was 4:1 in their favour
Mig with Phazotron (Spear) airborne radar, which is capable of simultaneously tracking 8 targets and engage 2 of the 8 target tracked ,missile such as Vympel R-27. Russian advertise has claimed that this version is equivalent to early F-16. It performed well against F-15 and F-16s of the USAF during Indo-US joint air exercises, surprising American pilots
Indian pilots claimed the "kill ratio" was 4:1 in their favour
omg lucky you man i whanted to join the swedish military and load weopenery on planes but i gut somthing that i like cupoles i dont know what its is but is like muscle moves but i dont whant it to moves so i gut sooo sad so i cant take flight cert or do somthing i whanted 4 ever fly plains how is it to be a weapon officer on the ground?
I loved every minute of it. I went to Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm and loaded 352,500 lbs. of live munitions in a month and a half. We loved it because, there's no more training. Time for the real deal. When the jets came back empty, that was real satisfaction. We loved our jobs.
It was all external. I worked on the"F" models. The internal bay was used to seat the Pavetac system. The lazer emitted for LGB's. As for flying in one, no, I never got that lucky. That was an honor rarly given to ground crews.
If you truly want it bad enough, my friend, anything is possible. Unfortunatly, you won't fly an F-111. They're all retired to the boneyard, except the Aussies still fly a few of them, but they're on their way out, too. Really was a great jet. Look on my home page and see the F-111 videos I've got there, and also see the weapons guys doing what I used to do. Pretty cool stuff. I wish you the best of luck, my friend! Go out and chase your dreams, man!
You mentioned "Rio" in one of your messages before. That's a Navy name. In the Air Force, the weapons systems officer on an F-111 is called the WSO- pronounced "wizzo." See ya.
u dont neccesarily have to be a pilot to fly one, if ur rich enough pay 10000 USD and you could have a ride in a latest fighter of your choice like the Mig 29 or Sukhoi 30
This comment has received too many negative votesshow
Bingo, yes, that's it, the SU-24. I had the wrong jet. Good call, man. It's almost like they stole the damn blueprints straight off the F-111 plans. Too similar just to be coincidence, huh?
1. Eaten alive by the entire IAF over the Bakaa Valley
2. Retired at about the same time as the much older Mig-21
3. Redesigned into the ground attack Mig-27 because it failed as a fighter
4. Test flown at the Nellis Test Range in Nevada by the USAF. Pilots commented it was a visious aircraft to fly...bordering on unsafe if pushed to the limit
For me,hearing the 24,500 lbs of the J-75 in the F-106 at take-off is unforgetable
DragonlordXV:perhaps you are correct about the 2 F-4's and an A-4 Skyhawk being shot down. However,The original A-4 was ordered in 1952 and the first F-4 flew first in the late 1950's. More importantly, both aircraft are primary attack aircraft for the IAF (bomb trucks) not for pure dogfighting.The Mig-23 was first seen in 1967 and although defined as a strike fighter..can only carry 2000kg of weapons! To me it compared well with the retired USAF F-105, a fast aircraft that cannot dogfight.
The MiG-23 never failed as a fighter, the MiG-27 was a paralell project. The MiG-23MLD was the latest and last version, with upgraded radar, more poverful engine, redesigned airframe and smaller weight.
Pilots flying it out of the Nellis Test range were,WRONG?
Look for many years the USAF gave the Mig 23 Flogger a lot of respect.
I believe they even referred to it as the "poor man's" F4 Phantom,a pretty good compliment back in the 1970's. However upon receiving a black market Mig 23 to give our pilots authentic training over Nevada,the report card on this aircraft from Aggressor Sq. pilots was not good. They didn't even feel safe flying it.
The article was in Air Force Mag. a few years ago.
Yes I know it, but the USAF MiG-23 was an egyiptian MiG-23M Flogger-E with R-27F2M engine and MiG-21bis radar.
The two seater UB version used this engine, it less poverful than the MF version R-29BD-300 and ML/MLA/MLD version R-35-300. The R-35-300's characteristic was really impressive except the specific fuel consuption.
Kolbola, to be honest I have never physicially seen a MiG-23, just a lot of reading about it.. I would have figured that Egypt would have received better aircraft than "inferior" castrated models considering they were in active combat against the IAF. It doesn't make sense to me on one hand to provide the services of MiG-25R's to Egypt and then back it up with second-rate equip. ? Again, based on the testimony of Agressor Squadron pilots, Lets hope this guy in Del. didn't get an "export" model.
Hell yes. Awesome vid plus no music to cover up the sound. The boom of the afterburner kicking in is all the music I need.
I'm American, and I've always thought the Mig-23 is beautiful. Unfortunately, we don't get to see foreign (especially Russian) aircraft that much. All you guys from other countries need to upload more vids! Preferably without music.
@hectiky Dude.. are you kidding? You must not go to air shows, man. We got LOTS and LOTS of foreign aircraft here! Not flamin' or nothing. Just one MiG fan to another. At my home field, we have 2 CJ-6A's and an L-39.
North America is the place to be to see awesome warbirds. Australia is a pretty close second, from what I've heard.
@hectiky Here in Nevada they use Mig-29 and Mig-35's for training. it was alarming at first! but then the F-22's stationed out here ease the nerves ;D
@vai2iant The US does not have any MIG-35 they have some some MIG-29S but the MIG-35 was only recently revealed and so far it is a Russian only jet until it is exported to some of its Custoomers
thats obviouly some bull shit you wrote down. mig 23s had small wings and lacked manuverability in dog fighting and had weak radars and the only reason some countries but those because it was 3 million dollars compared to f-16 which was 16 million at that time. thats it.
Here in Hungary, when a journalist in the late eighties went to made a small report from our MiG-23s, he went to the engine test site. When they started to check the afterburner regime, he dropped his camera and started run, because he thought, it is an explosion. Large flame, huge sound.
Sorry if I offended you CrazyFinn. That wasn't my intention. I was only expressing my dislike for the Mig 23. Wasn't trying to offend anyone in particular. Sorry.
Well the Mig-23 would kick the F-111's ass..and the F-111 was originally designed as a fighter..but was kept out of this role cause it was too heavy:-P
Well Triggerhappy27, I just don't like how the Russian's copied so many planes like this Mig, they copied the concorde, they copied the B-1 bomber with the Tu-160 (although they did a great job). So I'm pissed off about that. But their mig 29's and Su-27 and above are AMAZING planes. Such beauty.
True, i agree with you..especially with their planes designed in the 60/70's. In the 80's though they came up with the Mig-29/Su-27..and they are real good planes..and maneuverable! During an exercise with Su-30Mki's from India...the air force F-15 pilots shit their pants:-P
Dont forget that soviet era planes were made in large numbers, the importent thing was that it could shoot and fly.They should come in large quantity, quantity vs quality. Large quantity= quality = meny deaths to win a fight.
They were following lenins ide, quantity makes quality :-/
russian need the cash and sold it to a rich american dude and since no american 60s to 80s type of jets available or allowed to be sold to civilians so he have to satisfied him self with russian made toys
Please can anyone tell me where and when this footage was taken?
Putting aircraft type differences and qualities aside, this video is absolutely fantastic! The sound gives the perfect feeling of how powerful the MiG-23 take off is and I thank whoever uploaded it. I am in the RAF and have been to bases all over the world and I appreciate, respect and enjoy seeing this sinister looking piece of hardware as much as I do a brand new Typhoon.
when i see this video i feel the adrenaline in my body.those engines are definitely "dangerous", in the positive way...i am romanian and i've seen some birds like this(and mig21, 29etc) live, and i tell you, i could feel the power in the sound!!!it's a bad plane!!i feel sorry that my country gived up the 23 and 29 too for buying some european shit like gripen or typhoon, or second-hand f16. I think russian jets are definitely superior to any other jets in the world. viva la russian teqnique))))
This comment has received too many negative votesshow
superior in getting down faster than western jets hehe but hey it is just like a status, if you buy f-16 even it is a second hand, it is just like buying lexus while mig, eventhough it is good plane but it is just like a lada, it didnt give you a nice looking status toward your neighbour and should park somewhere in the backyard hidden from the view hehe
This was a great aircraft.The MiG-23MLD was produced between 1980 to 1985 actualy could out perform and defeat both the F16A and F18A at 3 times less the cost !!! The best for the money ! To bad today Russians have such issues.The SU27,SU30,SU32,SU35,MIG35 all crash and dont sell !!!
Funny, only the migs are known for issues. The SU 27 is the only based fighter jet (and the variants) that have the least amount of issues. The Mig 29 series on the other hand.....
And they sell like hot cakes. Just look at the countries that operate them.
The Mig-27 came before the Su-25 and was like the Su-17. It had different intakes, avionics, could carry guided weapons and had more armor. It was a major upgrade to the Mig-23BN(ground attack Mig-23).
But as i know Mig 23 was air to air fighter and if you transform that kind of plane to ground attack plane you often get bad plane. Air to air aircrafts needs to be light ,fast and agile while air to ground aircrafts needs to have as much payload as can ,have a bigger fuel tank and be enough tough to search terrain and survive the shots from ground
we are talking about 2 different roles i just hope that 27 can match those roles without any huge problems as i think that every fighter jet should be used in role that he was made for,and i am sure that 23 was not made to be ground attack plane :P
Mig 27 has a downgraded engine, no air to air radar. and fixed air intakes. and with so many parts shared with the Mig-23 they were cheap to mass Produce and maintain.
The parts that seem ugly to me are those grille intakes. Plus the plane seems a bit too big in my mind, i like smaller aircraft because they are more easy to maneouver.
She just about blew my computer's speakers!
squirttle92 4 months ago
Is it true the MiG 23 is as good as an F16?
dafty97 5 months ago
@dafty97 i think u mean MIG 29. i heard some stories mig 29 was beating f16 but idk if i need to believe.
SMJeOma 5 months ago
@SMJeOma Yes i heard that too. The MiG 29 is compared alot to the F16. But im sure i read somewhere that when they tested the MiG 23 it also turned out be as good as an F16. I might be wrong be though!
Thanks for your reply
dafty97 5 months ago
@dafty97 About maneuverability, I doubt it. About top speed and ceiling, sure. Also, much more stable than the F-16 aerodynamically. The 23 requires less training than the 16.
Silmacar 3 months ago
@dafty97 not really, the Iraqi air force was massacred by the Iranians when they used this shit plane, also the jew air force massacred the Syrians when they used this plane
they ONLY success was against South African Mirage F1 and that was a draw because the south africans where running out of supplies because of the embargo
tHeWasTeDYouTh 2 weeks ago
@dafty97 The latest version of MiG-23MLD with Soviet pilots was equal or even better to the early version of F-16A with Pakistani pilots over skies of the Afghanistan.
BitnikGr 5 months ago
@dafty97 No. The Mig 23 is comparable to the F-4 Phantom.
KB4QAA 1 month ago
@dafty97 Good is a relative term. Like BitnikGr mentioned, a comparison between a MiG-23 and an F-16A is different than a MiG-23 and an F-16CJ. The Flogger was designed as an interceptor (much like the F-104) while the F-16 was a clear weather dogfighter. Both have evolved during their lives but their roots still determine how "multi" their roles can be.
SemperApollo 1 month ago
@SemperApollo But would an aviation expert say the MiG 23 is a good plane its self or not? To be honest it looks ugly and heavy, but i do realise you cant judge a book by its cover.
I bought a dvd called Wings of the Red Star which stated that the Soviets never built a plane that was anything less than perfect for what it was designed for.
dafty97 4 weeks ago
@dafty97
depends on which MiG-23 against which F-16.
Both were produced in uncountable variants over decades, and exported widely, with each client purchasing different capabilities.
A figher aircraft is a system (containing several subsystems, the most important of them being the pilot) within a system - the national anti-aircraft defense, including GCI, AWACS, other aircraft, SAM, etc.
chemiker494 2 days ago
@dafty97
1st example: US F-16 (late production, fully equipped) should be vastly superior to Iraqi MiG-23 (export versions with downgraded avionics and equipment), however during the 1991 Gulf War both were equally unable to score an air-to-air-victory, though not for the lack of trying: for instance, USAF F-16 fired 36 Sidewinders, without scoring a hit!
chemiker494 2 days ago
@dafty97
2nd example: Soviet MiG-23 (late production, fully equipped) should have an edge over Pakistani F-16, but several of them were shot down during the Soviet Afghanistan war, after straying into Pakistani airspace.
chemiker494 2 days ago
This is up for sale, I wish I had the money to buy it...
TheYozStudios 6 months ago
tovariš gorbačov nasvidanja
oljkaena 8 months ago
Perfectly on the yellow line ... NOT..
TheMemphisSlim 8 months ago
What a beauty!
n74jw 10 months ago
omg that's aircraft look small .
su35bmsoldier 10 months ago
It's even better seeing one of these being shot down.
lazypd3 10 months ago
lets not forget about the only LADA driving in NE Pilly! :)
nfexp 10 months ago
suberb fighter .... our country had the honor to have 95 of these 20years ago now nothing is left ..... why NATO is doing that fucking stuff
Wolfgamer94 10 months ago
@Wolfgamer94 no one?! what have they done with them?
thirdromeprivate 10 months ago
@thirdromeprivate cuz NATO intendet to destroy almost all USSR millitary stuff we have especially this one cuz MIG23 can carry nukes and thats a long story
Wolfgamer94 10 months ago
@Wolfgamer94 The bigger reason NATO wants to destroy old MiG's and Soviet-era weapons is because such weapons are the only things that can be acquired on the black market to fight genocidal imperialism.
The NWO is making its move to destroy the nation-states and throw the masses into chaos so they can be totally enslaved. If advanced Soviet-era weapons could be bought on the black market, then the masses might be able to mount a guerrilla war against the billionaires and destroy their mansions.
InfiniteMushroom 7 months ago
The old crocodile! Amazing!
90Sokol90 11 months ago
I saw the J-17 a joint production by Pakistan and China, an all purpose, all weather medium role aircraft. It was displayed on the pakistan national day and has been aadvanced sold to 6 countries already-it featured in the UK Farnborough sho as well.
zoxo100 11 months ago
nice
lepricoun 1 year ago
lol i always wanted to see a mig-25 foxbat flying topspeed right above the audience at an airshow
Spitfire995 1 year ago
i never cared about american planes being better or not than a mig. I just love mig's cause they have such a unique look. I love them
UACDOOM 1 year ago
0:54 VTEC just kicked in yo
intertr0ns 1 year ago 15
@intertr0ns Hahahahaahahah
SemperApollo 1 month ago
Comment removed
intertr0ns 1 year ago
Comment removed
pencon61 1 year ago
Wow my hair have all just stood up 0.o That noise is sooooooooo...~
nucleartactician 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
'
two american swing wing planes are the best,,,
B - 1 and F - 14,,,
not ussr russia
bestamerica 1 year ago
the sound of it is just orgasmic.... my ears are in heaven lol
yanirawr 1 year ago 2
I think the MiG 21 is the best looking plane in the world.
giant848 1 year ago
Good plane shame it isnt used much
1bearcatf8f 1 year ago
jet fighters are on of the most incredible machines ever developed
mrmighty7 1 year ago
if you want to know more about what us pilots thought about the 23 , look up excerps from the book "red eagles" on the google book search. and browse through! very interesting a real dangerous ship by all accounts if not treated right.
wildwindsca 1 year ago
Excellent video with good sound, What an awesome plane!
Giardintek 1 year ago
Man i love afterburner of this plane xDDDD
nedeljko031 1 year ago
Ah the Mig-23....NATO callsign...The Drone.....LOL!!
TowManSKS 1 year ago
I like the red star on the tail.
paint it in camo scheme and you can go around playing pranks on NATO pilots ;)
Suyamu 1 year ago
Mmmmmm................Lovely beast.
moha13881 1 year ago
Beautiful!! Really nice footage and amazing plane!
Mini506 1 year ago
Well its official....this isn't the only one flying in the US...soon there will be another a Bulgarian MiG-23UB located right now at the Cold War Air Museum in Lancaster Texas. But yes this is a hell of a warmachine and very Russian in every way :)
strizhi 1 year ago
hermoso
davidlucasfer 1 year ago
great vid, beautiful plane!!!
airplane82 1 year ago
That huge Turmanski afterburner is very impressive...I bet the pilot keeps a close eye on his fuel status on that aircraft.
666reasons2killU 2 years ago
When the afterburner ignites you can see the aircraft literally being punched forward!
It's said that it can go as fast as 900kts at very low altitudes and be the fastest single engine fighter, which is unbelievable for it's age...!
Superb vid of this aircraft!
Maverickf22flyer 2 years ago 27
An F-4 rival. An extreme set of all the highest technologies of it's time like an F-4 and same poor combat record.
zipacna1980 1 year ago
one big mistake: no one sitting on the backseat^^
MiG29MOVT 2 years ago
backseat is for dropping bombs on America. No need for that lately, America is dropping bombs on itself.
odinandme 2 years ago 3
MiG29MOVT, you dont need one, really. I have never flown a fighter, and probley never will, but plenty of bombers have made it good without a backseater.
Tabby266 1 year ago
I mean it's a waste of space some people would pay tons of money to fly with =)
MiG29MOVT 1 year ago
Excellent video! Superb aircraft for its time.
vornavalley 2 years ago 3
fucken badass
tmh1717 2 years ago
perfect
AKKMAE70 2 years ago 2
There Japanese also had some KI-43 "Oscars" in the theater. Forgot about those.....
carcharodonshark 2 years ago
HalcyonSkies, the AVG did not take on "Zeroes" as they were Japanese Navy fighters. The Japanese Army fighters in use over China/Burma were mostly the Nakajima KI-27 "Nate" and possibly a few Mitsubishi A5M4 "Claude" aircraft. The Claude was a predecessor to the Zero but was not a Zero.
carcharodonshark 2 years ago
The MiG-23 can actually defeat the MiG-29. I read that MiG-23s were used as aggressor aircraft in testing against the Fulcrum, and while the pilots of the Fulcrums were relatively new pilots, and the Flogger pilots were veterans, it's still something that this "out of date" jet can defeat a more modern fighter. They used hit and run tactics, similar to how AVG(Flying Tigers) P-40 Warhawks took on the more nimble Japanese Zeroes over China in WW2.
HalcyonSkies 2 years ago
Beautiful airplane.
gragrn 2 years ago 3
maybe out of date on paper but the flogger can still kick it today, look at the canberra, that was technically "dated" when it retired but it stayed in service for so long for a good reason, same applies to this.
n theres nothing dated about the noise this fucker makes!
Hennersbass 2 years ago 3
nice vid
intertr0ns 2 years ago
Wednesday, February 25, 2004 (Gwalior):
India and America today finished a joint Air Force exercise in Gwalior in, which the top pilots from the two countries matched their skills against each other.
While the all-powerful US Air Force had an easy run in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Indian top guns amazingly shot them out of the sky.
vaninec 2 years ago
Well, in Iraq or Afganistan USAF didn´t have any opponent....
Ntsbhdb 2 years ago
Last Russian ammo supply to Iraq was in 1973
Most Iraq and Afghanistan have are US ammo and technologies from Taliban
When Taliban was best friend of US
vaninec 2 years ago 2
Well consider this - Afganistan didn´t have any fighter jets and Iraqi´s Fulcrums an Fishbeds never left their bases. USAF didn´t have opponent in those wars.
Ntsbhdb 2 years ago
yep
+ US had no fly zone for Iraq
vaninec 2 years ago
You are aware of the restrictions put upon the F-15 pilots that participated in this exercise, right?
The Indians came to the US for Red Flag, they did not do nearly as well.
freightdog208 2 years ago
Just look on internet it was more exercise
with def countries outcome is same
Maybe that why F-22 is cancelled
vaninec 2 years ago
Mig with Phazotron (Spear) airborne radar, which is capable of simultaneously tracking 8 targets and engage 2 of the 8 target tracked ,missile such as Vympel R-27. Russian advertise has claimed that this version is equivalent to early F-16. It performed well against F-15 and F-16s of the USAF during Indo-US joint air exercises, surprising American pilots
Indian pilots claimed the "kill ratio" was 4:1 in their favour
vaninec 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
out of date aircraft
JIMCART11 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Mig with Phazotron (Spear) airborne radar, which is capable of simultaneously tracking 8 targets and engage 2 of the 8 target tracked ,missile such as Vympel R-27. Russian advertise has claimed that this version is equivalent to early F-16. It performed well against F-15 and F-16s of the USAF during Indo-US joint air exercises, surprising American pilots
Indian pilots claimed the "kill ratio" was 4:1 in their favour
vaninec 2 years ago
boooo
bestamerica 2 years ago
wonderful!
gio31brasil 2 years ago 2
Man listen to that afterburner kick in!
Whoa! That sounds sooo nice!
Battlecorps101 2 years ago
Cheap F-111 copy.
jonesy97 2 years ago
no no dude f111 has to engines and is mutch bigger and on the f111 the pilot and the rio is sitting side by side
antenov 2 years ago
I know, man, I was just trying to be funny. I used to load bombs on F-111's. I was only making comparison to the swing-wings!
jonesy97 2 years ago
omg lucky you man i whanted to join the swedish military and load weopenery on planes but i gut somthing that i like cupoles i dont know what its is but is like muscle moves but i dont whant it to moves so i gut sooo sad so i cant take flight cert or do somthing i whanted 4 ever fly plains how is it to be a weapon officer on the ground?
antenov 2 years ago
I loved every minute of it. I went to Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm and loaded 352,500 lbs. of live munitions in a month and a half. We loved it because, there's no more training. Time for the real deal. When the jets came back empty, that was real satisfaction. We loved our jobs.
jonesy97 2 years ago
wow did it load so much those the load internely or outside on hardpoints did you even have the luck to seat in one or?
antenov 2 years ago
It was all external. I worked on the"F" models. The internal bay was used to seat the Pavetac system. The lazer emitted for LGB's. As for flying in one, no, I never got that lucky. That was an honor rarly given to ground crews.
jonesy97 2 years ago
ooo those guys/girls that have that honor to sit in a f11 lucky personel i hope truly i som day get to sit in a jet fighter
antenov 2 years ago
If you truly want it bad enough, my friend, anything is possible. Unfortunatly, you won't fly an F-111. They're all retired to the boneyard, except the Aussies still fly a few of them, but they're on their way out, too. Really was a great jet. Look on my home page and see the F-111 videos I've got there, and also see the weapons guys doing what I used to do. Pretty cool stuff. I wish you the best of luck, my friend! Go out and chase your dreams, man!
jonesy97 2 years ago
You mentioned "Rio" in one of your messages before. That's a Navy name. In the Air Force, the weapons systems officer on an F-111 is called the WSO- pronounced "wizzo." See ya.
jonesy97 2 years ago
hihi aaaa my bad ;-) well i am going to see that i can sit in a fighter jet som day.
antenov 2 years ago
u dont neccesarily have to be a pilot to fly one, if ur rich enough pay 10000 USD and you could have a ride in a latest fighter of your choice like the Mig 29 or Sukhoi 30
Tomahawk1999 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
the only thing this plane has in common with the f-111 swing wings.... Su-24, now THATS an f-111 copy :p
lollerzor55 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Bingo, yes, that's it, the SU-24. I had the wrong jet. Good call, man. It's almost like they stole the damn blueprints straight off the F-111 plans. Too similar just to be coincidence, huh?
jonesy97 2 years ago
Hear that afterburner kick in !Do not underestimate the russians.
KatanaRacing 2 years ago
An impressive POS.
squadman33 2 years ago 2
Superb sound...
OpelGTC 2 years ago
The Cold War Air Museum at Lancaster Municipal airport in Texas is finishing putting together a Mig 23. It will be flying this summer.
pilotdude006 2 years ago
Ah..the great Mig-23
1. Eaten alive by the entire IAF over the Bakaa Valley
2. Retired at about the same time as the much older Mig-21
3. Redesigned into the ground attack Mig-27 because it failed as a fighter
4. Test flown at the Nellis Test Range in Nevada by the USAF. Pilots commented it was a visious aircraft to fly...bordering on unsafe if pushed to the limit
For me,hearing the 24,500 lbs of the J-75 in the F-106 at take-off is unforgetable
Although I'm hearing stories about the F-35!
rampking1 2 years ago
eaten alive by IAF lol
a syrian called "al masri" pilote in mig 23 has shot down 2 IAF F4 phantome .
in 1982 to IAF A 4 sky hawk had been downed by 2 syrian mig 23
the only victory's against mig 23 is due to the new IAF f15 in this time cuz the sky hawk and the f4 was inferiore to mig 23..
DragonlordXV 2 years ago
DragonlordXV:perhaps you are correct about the 2 F-4's and an A-4 Skyhawk being shot down. However,The original A-4 was ordered in 1952 and the first F-4 flew first in the late 1950's. More importantly, both aircraft are primary attack aircraft for the IAF (bomb trucks) not for pure dogfighting.The Mig-23 was first seen in 1967 and although defined as a strike fighter..can only carry 2000kg of weapons! To me it compared well with the retired USAF F-105, a fast aircraft that cannot dogfight.
rampking1 2 years ago
The MiG-23 never failed as a fighter, the MiG-27 was a paralell project. The MiG-23MLD was the latest and last version, with upgraded radar, more poverful engine, redesigned airframe and smaller weight.
kolbola 2 years ago 2
Pilots flying it out of the Nellis Test range were,WRONG?
Look for many years the USAF gave the Mig 23 Flogger a lot of respect.
I believe they even referred to it as the "poor man's" F4 Phantom,a pretty good compliment back in the 1970's. However upon receiving a black market Mig 23 to give our pilots authentic training over Nevada,the report card on this aircraft from Aggressor Sq. pilots was not good. They didn't even feel safe flying it.
The article was in Air Force Mag. a few years ago.
rampking1 2 years ago
Yes I know it, but the USAF MiG-23 was an egyiptian MiG-23M Flogger-E with R-27F2M engine and MiG-21bis radar.
The two seater UB version used this engine, it less poverful than the MF version R-29BD-300 and ML/MLA/MLD version R-35-300. The R-35-300's characteristic was really impressive except the specific fuel consuption.
kolbola 2 years ago
Kolbola, to be honest I have never physicially seen a MiG-23, just a lot of reading about it.. I would have figured that Egypt would have received better aircraft than "inferior" castrated models considering they were in active combat against the IAF. It doesn't make sense to me on one hand to provide the services of MiG-25R's to Egypt and then back it up with second-rate equip. ? Again, based on the testimony of Agressor Squadron pilots, Lets hope this guy in Del. didn't get an "export" model.
rampking1 2 years ago
Nice shooting Chris. I wish I'd have gotten the taxi-in! See you around this year.
RichKolasa 2 years ago
I love those f 22!
tumquant 2 years ago
Jet engine heaven! Gotta love the MiG 23. Great audio in this clip. 5 stars.
handlemannen 2 years ago 3
daamn, that noise!
tomcatter111 3 years ago
Love it , great aircraft .
Pavlo2175 3 years ago
wonderful!!
gio31brasil 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
shit
torcida92 3 years ago
Hell yes. Awesome vid plus no music to cover up the sound. The boom of the afterburner kicking in is all the music I need.
I'm American, and I've always thought the Mig-23 is beautiful. Unfortunately, we don't get to see foreign (especially Russian) aircraft that much. All you guys from other countries need to upload more vids! Preferably without music.
hectiky 3 years ago 48
@hectiky Dude.. are you kidding? You must not go to air shows, man. We got LOTS and LOTS of foreign aircraft here! Not flamin' or nothing. Just one MiG fan to another. At my home field, we have 2 CJ-6A's and an L-39.
North America is the place to be to see awesome warbirds. Australia is a pretty close second, from what I've heard.
AmericanAviator 1 year ago
@hectiky Here in Nevada they use Mig-29 and Mig-35's for training. it was alarming at first! but then the F-22's stationed out here ease the nerves ;D
vai2iant 1 year ago
@vai2iant how do you know it is mig35?
nazirdjon 1 year ago
@vai2iant The US does not have any MIG-35 they have some some MIG-29S but the MIG-35 was only recently revealed and so far it is a Russian only jet until it is exported to some of its Custoomers
Elfulcrum777 1 year ago
AMAZING AIRCRAFT SO LOUD AND SO FAST
ALEXNORTHEYISBACK 3 years ago
thats why f 16 pilots that flew it said it completely out accelerated the f 16 and f 18. Not as good, but def a rocket.
mawk27 3 years ago 4
In some cases, the good old fashioned is better than the present
Khorraminium 3 years ago
thats obviouly some bull shit you wrote down. mig 23s had small wings and lacked manuverability in dog fighting and had weak radars and the only reason some countries but those because it was 3 million dollars compared to f-16 which was 16 million at that time. thats it.
chaghar 3 years ago
It's meant to be an interceptor, not a fighter, so that comes naturally. ;)
lfstweak420 3 years ago
Nice afterburner trail
squadman33 3 years ago
that was one a hell a aircraft!! nice video!!
aandc20052 3 years ago
I personally love this aircraft . But my favorite is MIG-25. Truly one of a kind.
kamalqazilbash 3 years ago
lol just think you been shot as a spy 10 years ago...for taking that film and posting on a Uk site......
BlastEMFF 3 years ago
Really? In 1998 you'd be considered a spy for this?
odessaboy 3 years ago 2
anyone can tell me something about 2 mig 23 black painted in florida?
rusia89 3 years ago
maybe a decent plane,but just below par to the f-14
snobak1 3 years ago
heheh :) its called the FLOGGER cos it FLOGS TOMCATS !! hehe :)
jvbenjamin 3 years ago
Ha yeah that'll be the day. You got that backwards I'm afraid.
"Anytime, Baby!!"
de454 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Yeah right, The Tomcat has butt raped the flogger so hard Mr Mikoyan felt it in his grave
F15C 3 years ago
Fack off America
Aqvilum 3 years ago
Here in Hungary, when a journalist in the late eighties went to made a small report from our MiG-23s, he went to the engine test site. When they started to check the afterburner regime, he dropped his camera and started run, because he thought, it is an explosion. Large flame, huge sound.
kolbola 3 years ago 3
the takeoff part of the mig 23 is even louder than a retarded screamer
toonheaded1 3 years ago 2
especially since its engines where designed for power, unlike airliner engines.
nakazatoGTR 3 years ago 2
damn that intense sound and rush makes me want to fly one of those mig 23
toonheaded1 3 years ago 3
you can buy some from former USSR states, like romania, or importer of Russian stuff.
nakazatoGTR 3 years ago 2
That takeoff certainly sounds super loud; I'd estimate around 175 decibels or so. Nothing to be near without earplugs/earmuffs.
triton115 3 years ago 2
This is really unique absolutely great footage.
RedFoxbat25 3 years ago
i like f117 and mig 23
ale66ale60 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Please get this wannabe bad immatation of an F-111 garbage out of US soil.
captainjosue 3 years ago
Dumbass yankie, captainfaggot...
TheCrazyFinn 3 years ago
Sorry if I offended you CrazyFinn. That wasn't my intention. I was only expressing my dislike for the Mig 23. Wasn't trying to offend anyone in particular. Sorry.
captainjosue 3 years ago
Well the Mig-23 would kick the F-111's ass..and the F-111 was originally designed as a fighter..but was kept out of this role cause it was too heavy:-P
Triggrhappy27 3 years ago 2
Well Triggerhappy27, I just don't like how the Russian's copied so many planes like this Mig, they copied the concorde, they copied the B-1 bomber with the Tu-160 (although they did a great job). So I'm pissed off about that. But their mig 29's and Su-27 and above are AMAZING planes. Such beauty.
captainjosue 3 years ago 3
True, i agree with you..especially with their planes designed in the 60/70's. In the 80's though they came up with the Mig-29/Su-27..and they are real good planes..and maneuverable! During an exercise with Su-30Mki's from India...the air force F-15 pilots shit their pants:-P
Triggrhappy27 3 years ago 4
super machine :)
tigasch 3 years ago
Dont forget that soviet era planes were made in large numbers, the importent thing was that it could shoot and fly.They should come in large quantity, quantity vs quality. Large quantity= quality = meny deaths to win a fight.
They were following lenins ide, quantity makes quality :-/
Biggan 3 years ago
カッコいい！！
トムキャットよりも遙かにカッコイイ！！
MTTAU 3 years ago
why is there a Russian plane in america?
Spitfire995 3 years ago
russian need the cash and sold it to a rich american dude and since no american 60s to 80s type of jets available or allowed to be sold to civilians so he have to satisfied him self with russian made toys
wyunaboy 3 years ago
Please can anyone tell me where and when this footage was taken?
Putting aircraft type differences and qualities aside, this video is absolutely fantastic! The sound gives the perfect feeling of how powerful the MiG-23 take off is and I thank whoever uploaded it. I am in the RAF and have been to bases all over the world and I appreciate, respect and enjoy seeing this sinister looking piece of hardware as much as I do a brand new Typhoon.
tmayco 3 years ago
it says in the description next to the video ;)
oslexarkun 3 years ago
and to backup johnyics...... mig-23 has fat nose like f14 and f15....mig-27 has skinny nose.
eodfan 3 years ago
the A-10 is a shit ton better
rodeo5017R 3 years ago
but not available for a rich dude to purchase.
wyunaboy 3 years ago
this post is for the yank who states and believes too that in da video it's a mig 27.
this is definitely a mig 23 UB (UB because is a double-seatter jet).
i'll miss da great shape of dis great plane.
until 2010 i can see da mig 21, after that, maybe a western...
johnyics 3 years ago
when i see this video i feel the adrenaline in my body.those engines are definitely "dangerous", in the positive way...i am romanian and i've seen some birds like this(and mig21, 29etc) live, and i tell you, i could feel the power in the sound!!!it's a bad plane!!i feel sorry that my country gived up the 23 and 29 too for buying some european shit like gripen or typhoon, or second-hand f16. I think russian jets are definitely superior to any other jets in the world. viva la russian teqnique))))
johnyics 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
superior in getting down faster than western jets hehe but hey it is just like a status, if you buy f-16 even it is a second hand, it is just like buying lexus while mig, eventhough it is good plane but it is just like a lada, it didnt give you a nice looking status toward your neighbour and should park somewhere in the backyard hidden from the view hehe
wyunaboy 3 years ago
Great Aircraft...but no match for the F-14 in a dogfight.
steeda3 3 years ago
The funny part is that USA and Russia don't fly anymore the F-14 and MiG-23
OpelGTC 3 years ago 2
This was a great aircraft.The MiG-23MLD was produced between 1980 to 1985 actualy could out perform and defeat both the F16A and F18A at 3 times less the cost !!! The best for the money ! To bad today Russians have such issues.The SU27,SU30,SU32,SU35,MIG35 all crash and dont sell !!!
Mortagne 3 years ago
Funny, only the migs are known for issues. The SU 27 is the only based fighter jet (and the variants) that have the least amount of issues. The Mig 29 series on the other hand.....
And they sell like hot cakes. Just look at the countries that operate them.
sepheronx 3 years ago
That thing goes mach 2.5... bloody hell thats fast... Well its supposed to anyway
Is3nM0rd3r 3 years ago
Actually it reaches mach 2.35. i flew them for years
ivorysniper 3 years ago 3
Cool plane and nice quality video, The Mig23 is a Classic Cold War fighter.
Giardintek 3 years ago
MiG-27...
Kore2468 4 years ago
It is not a Mig-27...
sovietjet 4 years ago 2
It is Mig-27
Marianivka 3 years ago
The Mig-27 came before the Su-25 and was like the Su-17. It had different intakes, avionics, could carry guided weapons and had more armor. It was a major upgrade to the Mig-23BN(ground attack Mig-23).
sovietjet 4 years ago
But as i know Mig 23 was air to air fighter and if you transform that kind of plane to ground attack plane you often get bad plane. Air to air aircrafts needs to be light ,fast and agile while air to ground aircrafts needs to have as much payload as can ,have a bigger fuel tank and be enough tough to search terrain and survive the shots from ground
Novosti86 4 years ago
we are talking about 2 different roles i just hope that 27 can match those roles without any huge problems as i think that every fighter jet should be used in role that he was made for,and i am sure that 23 was not made to be ground attack plane :P
Novosti86 4 years ago
Mig 27 has a downgraded engine, no air to air radar. and fixed air intakes. and with so many parts shared with the Mig-23 they were cheap to mass Produce and maintain.
denmalski 4 years ago
very simular to an fb111
johnnecron 4 years ago
so bad ass when the burner kicks in
popejoshpope 4 years ago 2
I love this place. i love the huge dorsal fin on it and the configuration for the undercarraige. she is absolutely gorgeous from all views.
HerrHIVEMIND 4 years ago
The parts that seem ugly to me are those grille intakes. Plus the plane seems a bit too big in my mind, i like smaller aircraft because they are more easy to maneouver.
Sulyaman 4 years ago
You must remember that this jet is relatively old.
TheeYeti 4 years ago
Does this MiG 23 hav the original Tumanski R-29 (I think its the r-29!!!) engines or is it using the underpowered export Tumanski engines?
HerrHIVEMIND 4 years ago