Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 is a single-engined, supersonic, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is a third-generation jet figh
A Soviet Air Force MiG-23MLD
A Polish MiG-23MF
MiG-23 parked
MiG-23M "Flogger-B" armed with R-23 and R-60 missiles
Operation Safed Sagar
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Operation Safed Sagar was the code name assigned to the combined arms operation by the Indian Air Force, supporting elements of the Indian Army during the 1999 Kargil war that was aimed at flushing ou
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
…Kargil War. Ground attack aircraft including MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-27, and Mirage 2000 were used to bombard Pakistani positions in Kargil and Drass during Operation Safed Sagar. IAF MiG-23's flew over 155 missions and flew at the Battle of Tiger Hill utilising their heavy cannons, 57 mm rockets and 500 kg bombs to neutralise…
Disputed Kashmir region, with Kargil
Pakistani soldiers with remains of Ajay Ahuja's MiG-21 that was shot down by MANPADS
Strike footage from an IAF Mirage 2000 during the Battle of Tiger Hill in 1999
A MiG-23 BN used in Operation Safed Sagar