The fighterjets will be fully operational before the fly-past and will be combat-ready after a few adjustments at Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Kamra

That’s a contradiction in terms. If it’s fully operational, how come it needs “adjustments” to make it combat-ready?
Besides, no plane in any AF is fully operational so short time after the delivery. They need at least one squadron to be fully equipped and manned, reach IOC (initial operational capability) in a few months, than reach FOC (full operational capability) some time later – I guess propaganda (and general lack of knowledge about military planes in the media) is stronger than logic sometimes.

EDIT: maybe they meant fully functional, with all hardware in place. Or production planes, not prototypes.

What’s the difference between the Mig-23BN and Mig-27?

There’s a lot of difference. For starters MiG-27 was not an export item in the former USSR – only India received license of a modified variant.

The most important visual differences are:
-MiG-23BN has the large boundry layer separation plate at the intakes, 27 has a small one
-on the 27 the fuselage pylons are mounted under the intakes, not under the main body of the aircraft
-27 has thicker main gear wheels.

For more details I suggest you use the “search” button – just type in MiG-23BN, MiG-27, Kaira…

demicula:

After so many posts of that Cuban Mi-24, would be so nice to see it from the other side too…

Almost, but not quite…I guess it’s better than nothing.

I’ve also updated my military planes worldwide .kmz (56 countries now). Now v.4 is available for download at the following link:

http://s15.quicksharing.com/v/7706349/military_planes_worldwide_v.4.kmz.html

(sorry guys, no attachement, I don’t want to erase everything I’ve posted around here)
The next one will (hopefully) include all finds in the last pages of this thread.

Particle disturbance sensors, ion cannons and hyperspeed

Flex, you forgot the plasma cloud stealth:diablo: