Again: I was there and I never saw any Mig-23 (not in the air and not on the ground). While in Abidjan I read different french reports and none ever mentioned a Mig-23. So, no dogfighting in the skies of Ivory Coast. And no Rafale either, ’cause France is sending Mirage F-1.
And another picture for the Su-25 fans.

unfortunately no Ivorian aircraft

@ dimitri: do you know details about the camouflage/national markings of the su-25?
I think the strikemasters were civil registered ex Botswana defence force aircraft

hmm arte said that chiraq ordered his troops to destroy the whole Ivorian air force

just found

****, how can a banana republic dictator like Gbagbo can be so stupid??? :confused: how many Su-25 do they have?

Mozambique
Sudan
Sudan

iraqi Tu-16s

few Nigerian aircraft

Il-28
Mig-17 (right)
Jet Provost
CH-47

any more Mi35P or MiG-17 from Nigeria?

Which is why I’d like to get my paws on the original unmodded picture of this bird in PLAAF markings. Pictures of PLAAF J-7IIA (probably aka. J-7M) fighters are almost as rare as those of Mynanmar AF F-7’s. I don’t think the PLAAF operates alot of J-7IIA’s. All of the ones I have seen carried the bort numbers of training or test units.

No problem.

yeah I found it 😀 😀 😀