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" was designed to succeed the widely used MiG-21.
The MiG-1.44 had 12 external hardpoints for carrying additional weapons and fuel tanks. The USSR’s MiG-1.44 was designed in the 1980s and built in the 1990s. (The first prototype was built in 1994.) ...
This is Fulcrum Drivers II, the creation of MiG-29 pilots at the Polish Air Force's 22nd Airbase, in Malbork. Gorgeously shot, with plenty of in-cockpit and pilot-eye views, it's an excellent look ...