Could be. Considering there was 5000 built in total. I had no idea so many of these beasts were produced.
Vietnam is where the Mig made a name for itself.
Im still just curious. What does a big hulking swing wing Mig 23 fighter/interceptor have to do with F-16’s ?
There is plenty in the US inventor to compare Mig 23’s to. Phantoms. Avadarks. Tomcats.

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The Soviet answer to f16 was Mig 29
Why the MIg 23 ? Why not a Mig 29 ?
One of the Euro manufactures should do like Russia and build in a levcon. A levcon gives you some of the performance of a canard except its clean with the wing. No extra angles and protrusions
Cool. Is the upside down jet a basic rendition of what a BAE 5th gen would look like ?
They look similar. Hmm
^That’s a violation of the Russia Nato Founding Act by the US and Norway. Not that anyone cares
^Better watch out with France. They are not a sovereign country. The US could direct them to leave the program at any time
Lanky landing gear and a sleek fuselage. Beauitiful. Kinda has that bear look ; the Russian look
It is criminal that Holland or any of these Euro countries are buying F-35’s when the French have the capability of building world class aircraft right in the heart of Europe. ||The continent is should put their money together and get France to build a 5th gen Euro fighter
@Loke
Trumps behavior may start to change how Germany looks at defence… I think there is a slow change in Germany regarding this. The US has long pushed for all NATO countries to spend 2% of GDP on defence. Germany is far from that but the pressure is increasing. Something got to give in the end.
The whole 2% idea is just a number from US directed Nato think tanks. An arbitrary percentage is stupid. Germany could have 6 CVN carriers if they spent 2%.
Europe is making a Euro army and defense network not to meet Trumps demands but to eventually sever this US hegemonic control over Europe.
So nobody cares that the F-35 export ban to Turkey took a big step ?
US Senate Blocks Sale Of F-35 Jets To Turkey Due To Russian Missile Deal