Just to be fair MiG-25 did score several kills during Iran-Iraq war. The victims were 1 F-4E, 1 F-4D, 1 RF-4, EC-130, and Syrian MiG-21R. Also according to ACIG several Iranian aircraft were lost to unspecified Iraqi aircraft.

Nope, no such thing on the Foxhound.

MiG-31 does have leading edge slats, but they are only used for subsonic cruise.

“The instantaneous “corner velocity” for the F-15A at a combat load (half fuel and all the missiles) was given as 385 knots at medium altitude (10-20,000ft) and would generate about 15 degrees per second turn rate.”
“…This is a higher airspeed – approximately 425 knots for an F-15A at combat weight…Because it is a higher speed, the turning circle is slightly larger and the rate at which the F-15 goes around it is correspondingly reduced to about 12.5 degrees per second.” This is an excrept from “Eagles Engaged” by Steve Davies and Doug Dildy (F-15 pilot).

“To give some idea of the problem, F-20 sustained turn at Mach 0.9 at 15,000ft was just 9.7 deg/sec. This compared poorly against 12.8 deg/sec for the F-16 (variant not specified) and 11.8 deg/sec for the F-15, and was little better than the 9deg/sec of the F-4E.” “Designed For The Kill” by Mike Spick.

Eritrea MiG-29
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What was Eritrean MiG-29 been doing at Russian airshow? There is well-weathered Russian AF MiG-23MLD behind it. Is it a photoshoped image?

Not really.
Mig29 in video you posted earlier does clean 15sec turn without rolling in and that doesn’t take 3 seconds either, but under 1, usually.

As for that Rafale video, I’ve sent PM to arthuro and I hope he still got it somewhere.

I think this is the Rafale video that you mentioned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJqx9X85AAQ
However, it takes 14 sec for Rafale to complete the turn, and the camera view is changed from in-cockpit to external and back, so exact timing cannot be determined.

The only reason why Su-33 was chosen over MiG-29K was Sukhoi political clout. MiG-29K had more modern (at that time) radar (N010), better ECM and RWR equipment, was compatible with R-77 and PGMs. Also, Su-27K/33 cannot take off with a full fuel load, therefore, Flanker’s advantage in range and payload is questionable.

F-15C in clean configuration can take off in 900 feet, which is about 300 meters. That is better than 400-500m take off distance of the Flanker or F-16, and slightly more than 240m of MiG-29.