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

American MiG-21 and MiG-23 pilot John Mann discusses how the MiG-23's trailing link landing gear compared to other fighters, its landing characteristics, and a trick they would play on a Constant Peg pilot's first flight. | Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum

MIKOYAN-GUREVICH MIG-17 close look at @hunterwarbirds 😮🔥! This MiG-17F on display is a Polish License built version of the MiG-17F produced in Poland by the WSK-Mielec factory and is an interceptor Lim-5P (equivalent to the Soviet produced MiG-17PF) produced in the mid-1950s. The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 NATO reporting name was Fresco. The MiG-17 was a high-subsonic transitional fighter designed to be a transonic evolution of the earlier MiG 15 design prior to the true supersonic MiG-19 and 21