Summary and Key Points: The Mikoyan MiG-27, developed from the MiG-23 fighter, was designed for low-level ground-attack missions with a powerful Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30 23mm six-barrel gun.

The MiG-27 adopts the MiG-23 airframe but features a modified nose cone. Additionally, it does away with the MiG-23’s variable intake ramps and exhaust nozzles.

The MiG-27 also swapped out the MiG-23’s twin-barrel 23-millimeter cannon for a monstrous six-barrel 30-millimeter GSh-6-30 cannon slung in an under-fuselage gondola at a 1.3 degree offset ...

India was almost certainly the last user of the MiG-27 ground-attack derivative of the MiG-23 “Flogger” fighter. A MiG-27 Bahadur fires its GSh-6-30 rotary cannon in a low-angle dive strafing run.

A similar aircraft, the MiG-27, was a dedicated ground-attack aircraft. Like the American F-14 Tomcat and European Panavia Tornado, the MiG-23 was a swing-wing aircraft.

Libyan Mig-23 Flogger performs insanely low flyby. Some videos showing FLAF (Free Libya Air Force) MiG-23 Flogger jets have emerged recently: filmed from at an unknown airbase and posted on the ...

The MiG-23 was gradually modified for more versatility, and can carry cannons, bombs and air-to-air rockets. The U.S. military first identified the jet as a MiG-27.

The MiG-27 (Flogger) built on the MiG-23 but was more dedicated to ground attack aircraft. Despite technological upgrades, the previous Flogger model (MiG-23) was more popular and widely produced.

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The swing-wing fighter has been the backbone of ground-attack fleet of the Air Force for several decades and the IAF will bid adieu to its squadron of seven aircraft from Jodhpur Air Base ...

The MiG-27 adopts the MiG-23 airframe but features a modified nose cone. Additionally, it does away with the MiG-23’s variable intake ramps and exhaust nozzles.