I WAS INTERESTED to see if they had any runs with pakistani f-16s like we did in the 90s with jordanian f-16s ?

Don’t let Firebar hear you talk such crazy talk, as he’ll do his best to convince you otherwise.(i.e. Mach 3 for 30-40 minutes):D

there is no such thing,,the only airforce in the world that have combat experince for a long time(years) is the IRAF ,,EVEN FROM SENIOR GUYS i never heard such a thing,,during the iran-iraq war i havent heard of a mach 3.2 which is the speed on paper that i havent seen or heard, and i tell you there is no situation in combat where it is so tempting to do that when your clearing the enemy airspace

handels quite well,,the elevator surface slightly heavy turn radius is reduced as you would expect at that speed , 10,000 meters altitude

IRAF_PILOT – did you ever exceed Mach 3 in your Mig-25? If so can you confirm or deny rumours where the engine if operated at those speeds required an overhaul on the ground?

we were told by iraqi engineers who trained in russia that a 45 second mach 3+ flight would mean a re-engine so flight was limited to 2.8 i personally never seen 3 my best was 2.75 chased by 2 jordanian f-16s and guess who won!

dear IRAF_PILOT

There is some information here not accurate.

the IRAF have the first unit of MIG-23MS in 1976 and the first unit of MIG-23MF in 1983 that you didn’t mention it and the first unit of MIG-23ML in the late 1984.
and the IRAF used the MIG-25PD in interceptor role not the MIG-25RB.

i did mention that, i know the MS since i started as a pilot in 1982 since when it started i dont know AND ML in 1984,,as for the 25,, i did mention the mig-25pd IN OTHER UNITS as primary interceptor although it was used for deep srikes that failed in my unit the RB was used for both RECC and later 1986-1988 IN interceptor role,,my information is based on facts,,yours on books,,if you lived in iraq and you are a pilot the last thing you do is ask questions,,like when and where,,i dont expect you to know that anyway…

i am sorry i dont know them,,in 1980 not a pilot as for my training it was not in russia! but countries who use russian equipment
than k you

you have to know that the mig-23 started arriving in iraq in 1980 with the start of the iran iraq war units started swiching from mig-21 to 23 MS first then ML next,,the radar capability was very basic and its air-air capabilty is reagrded among the IRAQi airforce pilots as less than the MIG-21MF,,IF you follow the iranian air to air kills you will find that F-4E air to air kills against the iraqi airforce is higher in the MIG-23 than the MIG-21 although the mig-21 in recc. role and cole air support was used more commonly,,i am a MIG-25 pilot but a very tranied MIG-21MF muyself IF I GO INTO COMBAT AGAINST A f-4E i would rather be in a MIG-21MF with french air-air missiles rather than in a mig-23,,,i flew the MIG-23MS in traning not in combat and did not like it,,flew the mig-21mf in combat for 3 years before going to MIG-25 which i flew in RECC role and INTERCEPTOR ROLE AND a-g role,,,in RECC magnificent i am in and out so fast no plane can put up a chase,,,in interceptor role highly superiore to anything the iranians can put in the air even the F-14,,in A-G role against ground targets very disappointing.
i hope i answered your questions