Mi-24 Hind and MIG-23 Flogger
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Mi-24 Hind and MIG-23 Flogger
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
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Photograph - Photograph
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Mil Mi-24 "Hind" and MIG-23 "Flogger".
The Mil Mi-24 (Миль Ми-24) is a large helicopter gunship, attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for eight passengers.It has been operated since 1972 by the Soviet Air Force and its successors, along with more than 30 other nations.
Soviet pilots called the Mi-24 the "flying tank" (летающий танк; letayushchiy tank), a term used historically with the famous World War II Soviet Il-2 Shturmovik armored ground attack aircraft. More common unofficial nicknames were "Crocodile" (Крокодил; Krokodil), due to the helicopter's camouflage scheme and "Drinking Glass" (Стакан; Stakan), because of the flat glass plates that surround earlier Mi-24 variants' cockpits.
Probably the most spectacular and iconic Russian helicopter.
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 "Flogger" (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-23) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed in the Soviet Union. It is considered to belong to the Soviet third-generation jet fighter category, along with similarly aged Soviet fighters such as the MiG-25 "Foxbat". It was the first attempt by the Soviet Union to design look-down/shoot-down radar and one of the first to be armed with beyond visual range missiles. Production started in 1970 and reached large numbers with over 5,000 aircraft built. Today the MiG-23 remains in limited service with some export customers.
The basic design was also used as the basis for the Mikoyan MiG-27, a dedicated ground-attack variant. Among many minor changes, the MiG-27 replaced the MiG-23's nose-mounted radar system with an optical panel holding a laser designator and a TV camera.
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October 14th, 2016
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