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MiGs with USAF camouflage - GIF
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Those with side numbers 055, 073 and 062 are MiG-21(first two are trainers).
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Is BW Bentwaters England?
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Originally Posted by
12L14
Those with side numbers 055, 073 and 062 are MiG-21(first two are trainers).
Yes they are.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
12L14
Those with side numbers 055, 073 and 062 are MiG-21(first two are trainers).
Nope! These are MIG-21's: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=MIG-21&t=b...df9cfd91_b.jpg
These are MIG-23's: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=MIG-23&t=b...285%252529.jpg
They're a swing-wing fighter like my F-111D.
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The one on third photo is MiG-23, those above are 21.
Trainers seems to be late production MiG-21UM(i think i see antenna mast there), the other one is MiG-21bis(i think it is of 75B variety), so they can be of german, hungarian, soviet or bulgarian origin.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
12L14
The one on third photo is MiG-23, those above are 21.
Trainers seems to be late production MiG-21UM(i think i see antenna mast there), the other one is MiG-21bis(i think it is of 75B variety), so they can be of german, hungarian, soviet or bulgarian origin.
Guess you're right, they just don't usually have a radome grafted over the engine intake. They'll never fly like that. MIG-23's have largish boxy intakes on the side of aircraft just aft of the cockpit, as you can see in that third photo.
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There is chicom version of MiG-21 with a side air intakes(but much smaller than those on Mig-23).
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Wonder why they added the nose piece to those Mig-21s? For theatrical effect? That does tend to cover up the air intake, and I would expect dire consequences to engine performance...LOL!
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yeah, a Mig-21 is quite easy to identify. So a cheap nose cone let's them pretend they are US planes for a passing camera shot.
