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2006-04-06 Science & Technology

It Looked Good On Paper, and Better in the Papers

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Posted by Steve 2006-04-06 09:27|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Not to be "that guy" who points out fallacies in an otherwise spot-on piece, but the MiG-25 does have at least one confirmed enemy kill. On January 17, 1991, an Iraqi MiG-25PD shot down a U.S. Navy F/A-18C on a bombing run over Iraq. It's the only air-to-air victory the IQAF had in the war. Incidentally, the downed U.S. pilot is still listed as MIA.

Posted by GradStudent06">GradStudent06 2006-04-06 15:07|| 2006-04-06 15:07|| Front Page Top

#2 A lot of air went out of the FOXBAT balloon when Lt Viktor Belenko defected and landed one in Japan. The AF Foreign Technology Division got to participate as the Japanese dissected it. There were some interesting things in it, but more strange ones. One in particular, that I recall, was that the systems were designed to be cooled with 100% ethanol but that the actual fluids were only about 20 proof. Seems the ground crews had been drinking the coolant and replacing it with water.

Posted by RWV 2006-04-06 15:35|| 2006-04-06 15:35|| Front Page Top

#3 The MiG-25 has had only one confirmed kill in its service and that was fratricide.

Are we sure it's not French?

Posted by BH 2006-04-06 16:54|| 2006-04-06 16:54|| Front Page Top

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