After rising tensions between Libya and the United States for most of the decade, it all came to a head on January 4, 1989.
(WXYZ) — The FAA and NTSB are investigating after a MiG 23 fighter jet crashed during the Thunder Over Michigan Air Show on Sunday afternoon. The pilot and another ...
The MiG-23 was taking part in “Thunder over Michigan” airshow at Willow Run Airport. Two pilots ejected from a privately owned two-seat MiG-23UB Flogger, registration N23UB/1038107, taking part in the ...
According to an NTSB preliminary report, it’s not clear whether or why the back-seater in a Mig-23UB ejected the pair before the fighter crashed at an airshow in Michigan. Until meeting its end while ...
Summary: The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 “Flogger” stands out as a notable misstep in an otherwise prestigious line of aircraft produced by the Soviet/Russian manufacturer. Designed to improve upon the ...
Three Russian MiG-31 Foxhound fighters violated Estonian airspace, prompting the scramble of two Italian F-35s to intercept ...
The MiG-23 was the Soviet Union’s ambitious answer to the next generation of Western fighter jets, a plane designed to rival the F-4 Phantom II, F-105 Thunderchief, and F-111 Aardvark. On paper, it ...
A preliminary report on the 13 August crash of a privately operated Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23UB fighter jet during a Michigan air show indicates the aircraft’s two onboard crew were not in agreement ...
For more than one decade, the Soviet Union’s MiG-23 represented the primary frontline fighter of the Warsaw Pact. Given the moniker Flogger, the variable-geometry jet became the most produced variable ...
Officials say two people have been taken to a hospital after they successfully ejected an aircraft before a crash during the Yankee Air Museum's Thunder Over Michigan Air Show on Sunday. According to ...