During Operation Desert Storm in 1991, one lucky Iraqi Air Force (IqAF) MiG-23 pilot managed at least a token bit of success when he damaged an F-111 Aardvark with an R-24T missile as the American ...
Despite its versatility, the MiG-23 had limitations ... The MiG-21 suffered from limited range and poor pilot visibility, and it did not have multi-role capability. One of the most distinctive ...
A former commander-in-chief of the IAF’s Strategic Forces Command, Air Marshal A D Joshi pioneered many firsts that put India ...
Soaring at up to 60,000 feet and more than 1,875 miles per hour—the altitude ceiling and top speed of an F-15—a pilot would quickly black out without his flight gear, a 40-pound collection of ...