During the Iran-Iraq war, F-5 played an extremely important role. It was used by Iran for various tasks, including CAS, ...

How did two subsonic Iranian F-5s manage to intercept a blazing-fast Iraqi MiG-25 in 1986? In this video, we analyze this incredible real-world encounter from the Iran-Iraq War and fly it in DCS ...

As for how Speicher was shot down, authors Douglas C. Dildy and Tom Cooper interviewed Iraqi MiG-25 Foxbat pilot Lt. Zuhair Dawoud for their book, "F-15C Eagle vs MiG-23/25: Iraq 1991." ...

The MiG-25 Foxbat proved to be a competent interceptor ... the Foxbat continued to operate into the Gulf War with the Iraq military) and offered some compelling enhancements, such as more robust ...

Over the decades, the MiG-25 has been operated by a number of countries outside of the Soviet Union and Russia, including Iraq, India, Syria and Lybia. Of these, Syria remains the only one to still ...

In 1982, an Israeli HAWK downed a notoriously fast Syrian MiG-25 Foxbat flying at high altitude over Lebanon. When Iraq invaded Kuwait, Kuwaiti HAWK batteries allegedly shot down as many as 22 ...

One would down an F/A-18 from an Iraqi MiG-25 in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, with a second one causing damage to a USAF F-15 jet later that same year. The Foxbat's radar system was also severely ...

One of the MiG-25’s most notable military applications occurred during the Persian Gulf War, where Iraqi pilots flew the aircraft on several reconnaissance missions over Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The ...

There are some things you don’t expect to find hidden in the middle of the desert, and a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 is certainly one of them ... India, Algeria and Iraq. There were many variations ...

Four potential deals involving Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Egypt show that the ... Iran hasn't imported fourth-generation fighters since buying Soviet MiG-29As in 1990. Most of its fighter fleet ...

I’ve set my flaps down 25 degrees. The takeoff speed of ... Egypt, Syria, and Iraq all acquired fleets of MiG-21s for their air forces in the 1960s. Here I’ve taken off from Inshas Air Base ...

shot down an Iraqi MiG-25 Foxbat E jet that had flown south of the 33rd parallel, entering the NFZ (No Fly Zone) enforced following the United Nations Security Council Resolution 688, adopted on ...