One of the most prominent among the retired aircraft is the MiG-23 fighter jet. India retired the MiG-23 aircraft from active service in 2007 with the MiG-23MF variant being the first to be ...

On paper, the MiG-23 didn't seem like such a bad aircraft when it was developed. In fact, its variable “swing” wing geometry and advanced radar and fire control systems made it a fairly ...

What You Need to Know: Developed in the late 1960s to counter U.S. aircraft like the F-4 Phantom II and the F-105 Thunderchief, the Soviet Mikoyan MiG-23 “Flogger ...

Soviet aircraft designer Artem Mikoyan, one of the founders of the Mikoyan military aircraft design bureau later transformed into Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG, was born on August 5, 1905.