The MiG-23 was the first Soviet fighter to offer look-down/shoot-down radar and was armed with beyond-visual-range missiles. The MiG-27 was designed from the MiG-23 as a ground attack aircraft.

The MiG-27 was derived from the similar-looking MiG-23. But whereas the MiG-23 was widely exported, fewer customers were interested in the MiG-27. The exceptions were India, Sri Lanka, Ukraine and ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: So impressively thorough and consistent is the MiG-23’s record of failure that it bears the dubious distinction of facing retirement earlier than the MiG-21 ...

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 ...