The Quickest at 40,000 ft. F-15A, F-15E, F-16C.

The Quickest at 35,000 ft. MiG-29, MiG-23ML, F-16C, F-14D, F-104A, F-4E.

The Quickest at 35,000 ft. MiG-29, MiG-23ML, F-16C, F-14D, F-104A, F-4E.

This is getting silly.

Acceleration Curves Horse Tail. The clean MiG-23ML curve is my estimation, and may not be necessarily very accurate.

Iran-Iraq War Interceptors - Acceleration Curves

F-4 Phantom II Acceleration Curves.

Acceleration Curves Horse Tail. The clean MiG-23ML curve is my estimation, and may not be necessarily very accurate.

Iraqi MiG-23s - Part 3. Article by Miloš Sipos. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Eternal Warrior: IrAF MiG-23MS and MiG-23MF

(part 3)

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Su-15TM armed with Aphids & Anabs.

Su-15TM armed with Aphids & Anabs.

Gargoyle.

Supersonic Acceleration MiG-23MS - MiG-21BIS - F-15A MiGs are at H=13.0 km Eagle is at H=12.2 km (40,000 ft) MiGs armed with 4 missiles. Eagle armed with 8 missiles. About 50% internal fuel. Flight manual data.

Acceleration Graphs. F-15A, F100-100 at 102% trim, clean. F-15E, F100-220, clean. F-15E, F100-229, clean. F-16C, F100-229, 2×AIM-9Ls on tip rails. F-16C, F110-129, 2×AIM-9Ls on tip rails.

MiG-23 acceleration in Full Afterburner, wings swept at 72°.

Supersonic Acceleration MiG-23MS - MiG-21BIS - F-15A MiGs are at H=13.0 km Eagle is at H=12.2 km (40,000 ft) MiGs armed with 4 missiles. Eagle armed with 8 missiles. About 50% internal fuel. Flight manual data.

Alright! I finally found out how much an empty MiG-23MS weighs. MiG-23UB -- 10,945 kg MiG-23MF -- 10,860 kg MiG-23MS -- 10,430 kg MiG-23ML -- 10,230 kg

Alright! I finally found out how much an empty MiG-23MS weighs. MiG-23UB -- 10,945 kg MiG-23MF -- 10,860 kg MiG-23MS -- 10,430 kg MiG-23ML -- 10,230 kg

Iraqi MiG-23s - Part 1. Article by Miloš Sipos. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Eternal Warrior: Iraq's Service of the MiG-23 Flogger

(1st Part: Intro)

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MiG-23MLD at the ARZ-121 aviation repair plant.

Radar detection ranges. Colour version. MiG-23MF/ML/MLD vs. F-15A/-16A/-4E

Never knew that the F-4E's AN/APQ-120 had an elliptical antenna. From what I could find, it's 18×27 inches (46×69 cm). The F-4B (AN/APQ-72) and F-4J (AWG-10) had 32 inch (81.3 cm) circular antennas.

Iranian F-4E vs. Iraqi Mirage F1EQ substack.com/home/post/p-...

Bitter Bread: Martyrdom of pilot Captain Saeed Hadi-Moghaddam and ordeal of Captain Mohammad Gholamhosseini

autoread included

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The real Top Gun was born in the Persian Gulf

(More than) 9-lives of Persian Cat´s (Part 2)

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Recommended read. First part of a series of articles by Milos Sipos, author specialised in the study of Middle Eastern airforces. milos984.substack.com/p/the-real-t...

The real Top Gun was born in the Persian Gulf

(More than) 9-lives of Persian Cat´s (Part 1)

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Just a nice Fitter pic.

MiG-21 LanceR patch.

MiG-21 LanceR III (MiG-21BIS) with R-60, R-73, R550 Magic II & Python.

At Mihail Kogălniceanu, the military airport was close to the civilian one, and some TAROM passengers complained that the MiG-23s flew too close. Sketch by Major Ion Balica.