Many of you asked...and we listened! Plans call for the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 to be on a six month temporary display starting noon on Oct 7th. #avgeek #history #mig25 The aircraft on exhibit, a MiG-25RB, was found in 2003 by American forces buried in the sand near Al Taqaddum Airbase 250km west of Baghdad during the opening months of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The MiG-25 was buried to prevent its destruction on the ground by coalition aircraft. The aircraft was recovered incomplete--the wings co

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23, known by its NATO reporting name "Flogger," is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft designed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s2. Introduced in the 1970s, it became the most-produced variable-sweep wing aircraft in history, with over 5,000 units built. The MiG-23 was developed to improve the performance and range of its predecessor, the MiG-21. It featured advanced avionics, beyond-visual-range missiles, and a look-down/shoot-down radar. The aircraft's variable-geometr