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reply posted on 15-7-2003 @ 11:26 AM by Uninen
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Mig-21 in all its variants!
"The MiG-21 is not known for its radar or hauling capabilities, nor for its target acquisition equipment or range, but its known that in many ways it was a pilot's plane. It doesn't have any computers or fancy navigation equipment. It very much depends on the pilot and his (hopefully) good training and experience. That, we all know now, was the MiG-21's Achilles verse in many of the wars it had to fight, and is responsible for the not so impressive combat records that it actually deserves."


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reply posted on 15-7-2003 @ 06:13 PM by $tranger
Originally posted by Uninen
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Mig-21 in all its variants!
"The MiG-21 is not known for its radar or hauling capabilities, nor for its target acquisition equipment or range, but its known that in many ways it was a pilot's plane. It doesn't have any computers or fancy navigation equipment. It very much depends on the pilot and his (hopefully) good training and experience. That, we all know now, was the MiG-21's Achilles verse in many of the wars it had to fight, and is responsible for the not so impressive combat records that it actually deserves."


[Edited on 15-7-2003 by Uninen]



israeli mig-21 2000



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reply posted on 16-7-2003 @ 10:56 AM by $tranger
Originally posted by ThermoNuke
Mine is DEFIENTLY the F-14 Tomcat. Although a couple decades old by now, It still remains the NAVY's essential air superiority fighter. It's carries one of the most powerful aircraft mounted radar systems known to man. (AN/AWG-9) which was later replaced with the digital version the (AN/APG71). The F-14 Is alost the only aircraft in the Navy's arsenal that can carry the AIM-54 Phoenix Missle, The Navy's only long range air to air missle with a range in excess of 100 nautical miles. The F-14 was also designed to blow Migs out of the sky, And as far as i know, Its quite good at it



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The Mig31 has got an greater range, with air-tot air refeulling the can fly over 10 hours missions
And the Mig-31's are designed to operate without GCI(Ground Controlled Intercept) or ACI (Air Controlled Intercept) The Mig-31 can operate as an mini-awacs. MiG-31s are most often used in group of four (or even eight), linked together by datalink. Operating together, four MiG-31s can cover a strip of territory 900 km (560 miles) across, and targets can be transferred rapidly from one aircraft to another, with all aircraft sharing the same image on their tactical situation displays
The F-14 can fly at speeds up to Mach 2 It has an Max mach number of 2.35 and and cruise mach number 1.2.
> > While the Mig-31 can fly mach 3 (only for twenty minutes) and the Mig 31 has and cruising speed of mach 2.35 and can fly at this speeds for an longer time
> > The mission radius of an Mig-31 used as an interceptor is 1135 nm. The mission radias of an F-14 is 500 nm. This is without refeulling.



reply posted on 8-8-2003 @ 06:38 PM by SilverDeath
The MiG-25... fastest jet fighter of all time at Mach 3.2, well for now at least.







the jet kind of reminds me of a paper air plane but nethertheless it is an awsome piece of machinary sure it had crappy electronics but it has pheonomenal speed and rate of climb.
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