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Posting about MiG-23, MiG-21, B-58 & others.
Aerodynamics, Structures,
Engines & Flight Performance.
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MiG-23 high AoA aerodynamics🧵

Most books & articles will tell you that the early MiG-23s had poor handling at high angles of attack (AoA), limiting manoeuvrability, and that the MiG-23MLD improved this by, among other things, the addition of dog-tooth vortex generators at the wing-root.
February 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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MiG-21S or MiG-21R
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Soviet MiG-21SM.
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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R-24T missile on a Bulgarian MiG-23MLD (изд. 23-22A).
January 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Last produced MiG-23.

Bulgarian MiG-23MLD (изд. 23-12A), produced in December 1984.
August 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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MiG-23MLD (изд. 23-22A) armed with Apex and Aphid missiles.
August 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Bulgarian MiG-23MLD (23-22A) in flight.
August 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Bulgarian MiG-23MLD (изд. 23-18A), ex-Soviet изд. 23-18, five of these were delivered in 1992 (two of which were used in Afghanistan with the 168th IAP) and flew until 1998 at Dobroslavtsi AFB. There was to be a sixth but it was lost during the ferry flight. Overhauled at 112th ARZ Kubinka.
August 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Bulgarian MiG-23 HUD (МиГ-23 СЕЙ).
December 19, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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December 19, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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December 28, 2024 at 9:43 AM
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October 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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S-106 in Egyptian service.
October 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Camouflaged S-106.
October 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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October 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Czechoslovak Aero S-106 (MiG-21F-13).
October 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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MiG-21 LanceR C launching R.550 Magic II missiles over the Black Sea. Photos by Mihai Zamfirescu.
December 8, 2024 at 11:29 AM
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MiG-21 LanceR with engine burp
December 8, 2024 at 11:31 AM
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MiG-21 LanceR launching two Magics
December 8, 2024 at 11:29 AM
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MiG-21 Lancer A, with R-73 missile.
December 13, 2024 at 9:07 AM
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End of 🧵
September 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM