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Dark Footage. From Tension to Combat: The 1989 F-14 vs. MiG Encounter Explained. Posted: April 17, 2025 | Last updated: April 23, 2025. After rising tensions between Libya and the United States ...

The 1980 crash of a DC-9 near Ustica, reportedly downed during an aerial pursuit of a Libyan MIG-23, deepened suspicions. Diplomatic reconciliation. Under President François Mitterrand, relations with ...

Another swing-wing fighter, the MiG-23 was designed in the early 1960s and is still operated by North Korea, Syria, Kazakhstan, Libya and several African nations. According to the 2025 World Air ...

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 “Flogger,” 1989. (Photo Credit: DoD / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) The MiG-23 had many features that made it unique. Firstly, the cockpit was designed to be an ...

The oldest fighter jet currently in active service is the MiG-21, which began ... North Korea (26), Angola (23), Yemen ... notably during the 2012 Syrian Civil War and the Second Libyan Civil ...

Libyan MiG-23s were routinely outperformed by Egyptian MiG-21 jet fighters during the Libyan-Egyptian War, and two of these fighters were destroyed by two U.S. F-14 Tomcats during the 1989 Tobruk ...

The MiG-23, also known by its NATO reporting name "Flogger," was developed in the late 1960s as a direct answer to formidable aircraft like the McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II and the Republic F-105 ...

Just over three decades of service, the F-14 Tomcat solidified its place in naval aviation history as an adaptable, long-range interceptor. Engineered by Grumman as a direct answer to advancements in ...

In this instance, two Libyan MiG-23 Flogger fighters fired on the U.S. Navy Tomcats and were quickly outmatched, getting shot down by two well-placed Sidewinder missiles.

A U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4J Phantom II of Fighter Squadron VF-74 Be-Devilers escorting a Libyan Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 over Gulf of Sidra in August 1981.

A MiG-23 silhouette on a US Navy F-14A, seen in a video made after the engagement on January 4, 1989. US Navy The Pentagon did admit that the MiGs never turned on their on-board radars needed to ...