MIg23 (224) at Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase,RomaniaA group of 21 BAES members had an excellent military tour of Romania in late July by invitation from the Public Relations department of the RoAF. They visited 6 RoAF bases, 2 storage areas, a police flying unit at Baneas and two excellent museums. Hign point of the tour was the RoIAS at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase. For more information see the Romania 2006 report at BAES website.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-23) (NATO reporting name 'Flogger') is a variable geometry, swept-wing fighter aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. Produced in large numbers, it remains in limited service with various export customers.
Picture added on 31 August 2006
