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Ahm....they think ed in Russian :)

Ordway, please release pit, still much better then no-modded A-4 pit, nice work and much time involved there for sure. Cheers

I think that gunsight might look something more like that.... but regarding MiG-17... MiG-17 "Fresco-A" was fitted with the ASP-4N Sneg (Snow) radar gunsight, which was a copy of the US AN/APG-30 used on the F-86 Sabre. A sample was obtained from an F-86A that crash-landed behind Red lines in Korea in 1951. Several machines only was fitted with this gunsight. Otherwise - nice job

Outstanding

Oh, imali smo ih, penzionisani 1994. Samo 4 komada, ostalo BiS-evi. Oh yes we had them but they are retired back in 1994. That is really "what if" skin - but not bad work - they are all silver/light grey in RL Cheers

Very nice work, thank you Ravenclaw_007

Sure Wolf. I will not post any of them - yet - until we solve "Badger issue". Maybe pit will be moded for some degree. Soon - mod will be presented "officialy". :yes:

Whiteknight06604 - yes - this will be payware. As I mentioned before, we didn't have a chance for proper anouncement, mod will be presented soon enough as it should(with new pictures and some tehnical info). We talked a lot about price(Pasko and me) - it's a bit early for that - but what I can tell you for now is> there will be 2 packages. Basic and advanced one. Basic "Fishbed - L" with one or two skins, early version - and complete package with extra skins and "Fishbed-N" version also included(emergency thrust rise engine up to 97Kn - pleasure to fly with), and with countermeasures - later version still in use today in several AF.

Yea - that will be real nice

If I get you right - still there...BiS N/L was "evolution" from MF/SM airframes. "Flanker" style pit have Bison and MiG-21-93. Maybe I can talk with Pasko to make those too. More advanced avionics, hmmm sounds good

muchas gracias, esperar con expectacion - mirar hacia el futuro I hope that I wrote at least something right ....

Yes - that is new Serbian AF skin Dobro oko brate !!! Ah, we planned to present new BiS "properly" and we are "rushed" a bit with all this - but mod will be finished soon. Just wait to see new Syrian one....and more,,,,

These are "old" images (couple of weeks now - but they were handy) That is Pasko's BiS with proper (Paladrian) pit and Jimbib skins. Mod is more then 95% done now.

Looking forward

Happy birthday USAFMTL !!!

Looking good

The MiG-23BN was the definitive fighter-bomber variant. It was otherwise the same as MiG-23B, but had the same R-29-300 engine as contemporary fighter 'Floggers'. They were also fitted with "type 3" wings. There were other minor changes in electronics and equipment, and some changes were made during its long production run. This variant proved to be fairly popular and effective and it was extensively exported. As usual, a downgraded version was sold to Third World customers. Serial production began in 1973 and lasted until 1985, with 624 examples built. Most of them were exported, as the Soviets always viewed it as an interim type and only a small number served in Frontal Aviation regiments. The most distinctive identifying feature between the MiG-23B and MiG-23BN was that the former was rather a developmental aircraft and had the dielectric head just above the pylon, but this was removed from the MiG-23BN.

MiG-21Bis was used in War. Early in the war, the primary fighter-bomber used by Soviet forces was the MiG-21 Fishbed. The Fishbed has one twin-barrel 23-mm gun with 200 rounds of ammunition in a belly pack, and it can carry four 57-mm rocket packs, two 500-kg bombs, and two 250-kg bombs, or four 240-mm air-to-surface rockets in a typical ground attack configuration. Tactically, the MiG-21s have generally operated in pairs, but they attack individually, taking turns firing rockets at or bombing guerrilla positions. After releasing their ordnance, they each eject three sets of four heat decoy flares as they climb away. Again, the flares are an apparent attempt to negate any SA-7/Stinger threat. Reports also indicate that the MiG-21s often fire from a range of about 2000 meters, which makes their strikes somewhat inaccurate and ineffective. This tactic, combined with the failure of many bombs to explode on impact and the failure of some cluster bombs to deploy and scatter, has at times rendered the Soviet fighter-bombers ineffective. the two-seater was designed for training, but the MiG-23UBs and MiG-23UMs had to perform combat missions as a sort of command post in Afghanistan(pro-Soviet Afghan AF). Opposite to MIG-23, MIG-27 almost haven't been used in combat actions except Afghanistan, BN 23's are not used in war - more complex MiG-27 are used instead. At least seven MiG-23 fighter versions regiments were rotated through Afghanistan from 1984 to 1989, being used for escort of strike packages, "quick reaction alert" interceptors, and even in the strike role -- armed with dumb bombs and occasionally unguided rocket pods. MiG-23ML/MLDs operating in Afghanistan would get into a mixup with Pakistani F-16s over border incursions, with a MiG-23 soaking up two Sidewinder hits on 12 September 1988 but managing to limp back to base. Later in that month, two MiG-23s shot down a pair of Iranian helicopters intruding into Afghan airspace. About ten MiG-23s were lost in the conflict, with half lost to ground fire, the other half to accidents. The main "mudfighter" in the Afghan war was the Sukhoi Su-17 and there was seen to be no particular reason to complicate logistics by introducing a different type. The MiG-27 was finally deployed to Afghanistan in 1988, with a single air regiment stocked with 36 MiG-27Ms and 4 MiG-23UB two-seaters sent to Shinand Air Base, as something of a combat evaluation program. The MiG-27Ms were generally used in high-altitude bombing attacks up to the withdrawal of Soviet forces in early 1989. The conclusion of the tour was that the MiG-27 was reliable and its cockpit armor very much an asset, but that it was overkill in terms of its ability to carry warload and its technical sophistication -- strike missions by all attack fighters in the theater rarely carried more than about 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) of ordnance, and smart munitions were rarely needed or used. On 19 July 1981, the 200th Independent Shturmovaya Air Squadron was assigned to Shindand Airbase in western Afghanistan, becoming the first Su-25 unit deployed to that country. Its main task was to conduct air strikes against mountain military positions and structures controlled by the Afghan rebels. Over the course of the Soviet war in Afghanistan, Su-25s launched a total of 139 guided missiles of all types against Mujahideen positions. On average, each aircraft performed 360 sorties per year. Between the first deployment in 1981 and the end of the war in 1989, 21 aircraft were lost in combat operations. During the Soviet war in Afghanistan, a Soviet MiG-29A shot down an Afghan Su-20 Fitter which had defected to Mujahideens. 29's was rare sight in war - used only in last months ocasionaly. The Soviets have also employed the Su-24 Fencer in 1989 just to "try effectivness of new systems".

Looking good more = merrier

Pasko, Jimbib and me are about to finish MiG-21BiS with Mago's(Paladrian) great BiS pit.

Hej Brain32, nemoj te uzimati 29-tku - jako su se lose pokazale u borbi (9-12 doduse ali sumljicav sam i za kasnije modele). Ja ovo kao da nas dvojica donosimo odluke

http://www.f-16.net/news_article2611.html One of the solutions... Other one is Gripen

I think F-16A for Croatian AF ..and Trooper - it's not waste of money. BTW - combat effectivness of MiG-21 today is well illustrated with fact that USAF did not targeted Serbian MiG-21's on ground - 'case they knew what "danger" they are really. This plane is deep in my heart whatever.