What is Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23?
[[File:Mig-23-DNST8908431_JPG.jpg|thumb|200px|MiG-23]] '''MiG-23 Flogger''' is a [[Soviet]] interceptor-fighter aircraft. It first entered the [[Soviet Air Force]] in 1970. This is the first MiG that has variable geometry swing-wings,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-09-12|title=History of MiGs: The Fighter Planes That Protected — and Survived — the USSR|url=https://www.historynet.com/migs-history/|access-date=2022-12-01|website=HistoryNet|language=en-US}}</ref> meaning that you can control the wings to be at a certain angle. The MiG-23 was a replacement for the [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|MiG-21]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=MSW|date=2021-07-01|title=MiG-23: A Ferrari leaving Fords behind|url=https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2021/07/02/mig-23-a-ferrari-leaving-fords-behind/|access-date=2022-12-01|website=Weapons and Warfare|language=en|archive-date=2022-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201022830/https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2021/07/02/mig-23-a-ferrari-leaving-fords-behind/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was used by [[Iraq]] in the [[Iran–Iraq War|Iran-Iraq War]], the Kuwait Invasion, and the [[Gulf War]]. Today, it is still used, but not as much as other modern jets. ==References== {{reflist}} {{military-stub}} [[Category:Soviet military aircraft]]