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Probably the last MiG-23 to be retired in Europe, the MiG-23UB-KO, operated by the Lipetsk Flight Test Centre, until 2006. Seen here sometime around 2000.

USAF F-4C Phantom II.

Polish Air Force MiG-23MF

MiG-23/F-4 air intake design🧵

Whenever somebody brings up the MiG-23's intakes, there is always that one person who just has to say: "yeah, it's just a copy of the F-4's intakes, they even copied the number of boundary-layer bleed holes".

Iraqi Air Force MiG-21BIS armed with R-13M and R-60.

Czech MiG-21MFN armed with R-13M and RS-2US.

Bulgarian MiG-21BIS (Type 75A) armed with R-13M and R-60.

Bulgarian MiG-21BIS armed with R-3Rs and R-60s.

Another Bulgarian MiG-21PFM equipped with APU-13MT (R-13M launch rail).

Bulgarian Air Force MiG-21PFM (Type 94) armed with R-13M missile on APU-13MT launch rail.

East German Air Force MiG-21PFM (Type 94) equipped with an APU-60-I launch rail (for the R-60 Aphid).

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Time for a quiz❗

What MiG-21 versions (plural) are these?

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Bulgarian MiG-23ML makes high-speed pass in afterburner at Dobroslavtsi, 1994.

Bulgarian MiG-23MLD (product 23-22A).

МиГ-23МЛД (изд. 23-22А).

Bulgarian MiG-23MLD (изд. 23-22А).

Bulgarian MiG-23s at Dobroslavtsi air base.

Bulgarian MiG-19S.

Bulgarian MiG-19P.