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To: AppyPappy

What you have identified as the MiG-27 is actually the MiG-23


26 posted on 08/08/2008 10:54:52 AM PDT by rjsimmon
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To: rjsimmon

A Mig-27 is the ground attack version of the Mig-23


34 posted on 08/08/2008 10:58:24 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: rjsimmon

SU-24 Fencer I believe


47 posted on 08/08/2008 11:03:05 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: rjsimmon

The first aircraft identified as a ‘MiG-27’ is an Su-24 Fencer.


184 posted on 08/08/2008 1:01:22 PM PDT by Tommyjo
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To: rjsimmon

The only single-engined jet aircraft in Russian Air Force service is the Su-22. The Su-22 was retained in the recce role. All the MiG-23s and MiG-27s in Russian Air Force service were retired in the 1990s.


186 posted on 08/08/2008 1:04:39 PM PDT by Tommyjo
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To: rjsimmon
What you have identified as the MiG-27 is actually the MiG-23

Nope, Jeff Head is correct, it's an Su-24. NATO code name "Fencer". Sort of an F-111ski, complete to terrain following capability, IIRC. It's not very heavily armed for the mission. The only weapons I see are a rocket pod under the right wing. Internal gun(s) as well of course.

433 posted on 08/09/2008 10:56:13 AM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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