Meet the MiG-23 Fighter. ... The MiG-23 was intended to fill the role of a front-line fighter and interceptor, replacing earlier models like the MiG-21. With plans for mass production, ...

What You Need to Know: Developed in the late 1960s to counter U.S. aircraft like the F-4 Phantom II and the F-105 Thunderchief, the Soviet Mikoyan MiG-23 “Flogger” was designed to succeed the ...

Photographer Scott Belanger took some impressive shots of the pilots ejecting from the MiG-23 Flogger that crashed at Thunder Over Michigan airshow. As reported in detail, two pilots successfully ...

The MiG-23 (NATO code name: Flogger) was a single-engine jet designed in the late 1960s as a frontline fighter. Unlike most jets today, which are designed to perform both air-to-air and air-to ...

Pilots ejected from a MiG-23 fighter plane shortly before it crashed during the Thunder Over Michigan show on Sunday, video shows. Authorities told FOX 2 Detroit that the Soviet-designed MiG-23 ...

In their preliminary report into the 13 August crash of a privately operated MiG-23 fighter jet during a Michigan air show, American safety investigators say the aircraft’s backseat crew member ...

According to the Wayne County Airport Authority, a MiG-23 demonstration plane crashed into a parking lot at the Waverly on the Lake Apartments in Belleville shortly after 4 p.m.