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On 17 January 1993, a USAF F-16C destroyed an Iraqi MiG-23 with an AMRAAM missile. [84] On 9 September 1999, a lone MiG-23 crossed the no-fly zone heading towards a flight of F-14s. One F-14 fired an AIM-54 Phoenix at the MiG but missed and the MiG headed back north. However, the aircraft then crashed while its pilot was attempting to land. [85]
R-24R missile R-24T missile under a Ukrainian MiG-23MLD MiG-23 armed with two R-24R (long white) and two R-60 (short white) missiles. The Vympel R-23 (NATO reporting name AA-7 Apex) is a medium-range air-to-air missile developed by Vympel in the Soviet Union for fighter aircraft. An updated version with greater range, the R-24, replaced it in ...
After executing a sharp right turn, Gypsy 207 gained a position in the rear quadrant of the remaining MiG-23. [1] As the Libyan fighter was turning left and from a distance of one and a half miles (2.4 km), Connelly fired an AIM-9 missile, which downed its target. [12] [8] The second MiG-23 was hit by
MIM-23 Hawk. The Raytheon MIM-23 HAWK ("Homing All the Way Killer") [ 2] is an American medium-range surface-to-air missile. It was designed to be a much more mobile counterpart to the MIM-14 Nike Hercules, trading off range and altitude capability for a much smaller size and weight. Its low-level performance was greatly improved over Nike ...
The RP-23 Sapfir (NATO codename: High Lark) was a Soviet look-down/shoot-down radar system. It was developed by Phazotron specifically for the Soviet Air Forces (VVS) new MiG-23 fighter aircraft and used in conjunction with the Vympel R-23 (NATO codename: AA-7 Apex ) beyond visual range air-to-air missile .
The Zvezda Kh-66 and Kh-23 Grom ( Russian: Х -23 Гром 'Thunder'; NATO: AS-7 'Kerry') are a family of early Soviet tactical air-to-surface missiles with a range of 10 km. They were intended for use against small ground or naval targets. The Kh-66 was effectively a heavy-warhead, beam-riding version of the K-8 (AA-3 'Anab') air-to-air ...
Developed from. Mikoyan-Gurevich 23-31 / Izdeliye 92. The Mikoyan-Gurevich 23-01, aka Izdeliye 92 and (erroneously) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23PD, NATO reporting name Faithless, was a 1960s STOL fighter / attack aircraft, designed in the USSR, to fulfil a requirement for ground-attack and fighter aircraft able to operate from short runways.
An anti-radiation missile ( ARM) is a missile designed to detect and home in on an enemy radio emission source. [ 1] Typically, these are designed for use against an enemy radar, although jammers [ 2] and even radios used for communications can also be targeted in this manner. The earliest known anti-radiation weapon is a variant of the Blohm ...