Details: MIG-23MS Flogger - IAF F-4E Killer, Cptn al-Masry, Syrian AF

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HA5304	Corgi	MIG-23MS Flogger - IAF F-4E Killer, Cptn al-Masry, Syrian AF	£
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	Hobbymaster 1/72nd scale HA5304 MIG-23MS “IAF F-4E Killer” Captain al-Masry, Syrian Air Force 19th April 1974. Only 600 produced. In October 1973 the first new MiG-23MS arrived in Syria. On April 19, 1974 Captain al-Masry of the Syrian Air Force was on a weapons test mission and spotted eight Israeli F-4E Phantoms. Realizing he had to attack first he charged the F-4Es breaking their formation. Making a turn as hard as the MiG-23MS would allow al-Masry rolled in behind some F-4Es. He fired three missiles downing two but his MiG-23MS was hit by friendly SAM SA-6s destroying the aircraft but somehow al-Masry managed to escape the wreckage. In the 1960’s the Soviet military required a replacement for the MiG-21 that could compete with the USAF F-14 Tomcat. It had to be very fast, rapid acceleration, carry a larger payload, capable of a high service ceiling, long range and beyond visual range intercept capabilities. The project was given to the Mikoan- Gurevich Design Bureau that produced the Model 23-11 that first flew on June 10, 1967. Production began in 1969 and eventually completed over 5,000 swing-wing MiG-23s. A ground-attack variant was also produced, the MiG-27.

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