Despite its poor record, 5,000 Floggers were produced, and the fighter remains in limited use with countries like Syria and North Korea. The MiG-23 is one awful fighter, and the U.S. Air Force ...

A former commander-in-chief of the IAF’s Strategic Forces Command, Air Marshal A D Joshi pioneered many firsts that put India ...

Its operational range was just 320 kilometers, further eroding its usefulness. Pilots operating MiG-23 had trouble with handling and instability, and the engine service life was much too short and ...

It also has a 9-A-768 23-mm gun. Source: The National Interest and Globalsecurity.org. There have been multiple accounts of MiG-31 fighters chasing away SR-71s, the legendary high-altitude US spy ...