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Your fav "BAD GUYS" Cold War plane as a youth?


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As a young boy growing up in the 70's and early 80's I had my favorite US/NATO planes, but I also had my favorite Eastern Block aircraft, and at the top of my list was this bird the MIG-19. I remember thumbing through a book of modern combat aircraft and I came across this thing just something about it, the refined yet awkward transitional look to it.. I could see the obvious  MIG-15 lineage in it. The Russian thinking of if its working and not broken don't fix it was very evident. What was your favorite Eastern Block aircraft as a youth during the Cold War? If you grew up on the other side of the "Wall" what was your favorite NATO aircraft growing up?

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Without any doubts, the Tu-126 "Moss". Each pictures of it on the ground impressed me as a child, his high stature on gears gave it an impression of strength and power.

 

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For me the "Bad Guys" were westward behind the iron curtain. :biggrin:

 

And this was my favorite bad guy plane:

 

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F-5E Skoshi Tiger

 

Here the one with the Red Star.

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The Su-22, it looks like the angry love child of a pissed off MIG-21 and a bad tempered bear thats been kept in a cage and beaten with sticks daily just to make it more angry!

 

However the Su-30 is possibly the most beautiful aircraft I've ever seen apart from the MKI versions I saw up close which looked a bit uncared for sadly (even though they were well maintained).

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The Mig-29 is my favorite Soviet aircraft. It's beautiful lines and excellent maneuverability have always made it a favorite of mine. 

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On our red side, I loved the Mig21, later the 29. From the "evl" NATO and west I adored the Viggen and the SuperMirage4k with the F20.

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MiG-21 was a short-legged sweetheart of an interceptor.  MiG-25 was the brute force fighter of all time.  I've seen the ugly end of both, but admired them as adversaries.

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Mine is the Fulcrum. I saw the real one when few flew in Dayton Air Show in Glasnot days. She was beautiful and deadly just standing there. I couldn't get to the test pilot as he was flooded by people. I so wanted to "pick his brain" by talking shop :).

 

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