Message posted by Magoo on January 07, 2004 at 19:42:36 PST:

This is from the Roadrunner site operated by our friend TD Barnes...

"Mysterious YF-113G Was Actually A MiG-23

by David A. Fulghum
Aviation Week & Space Technology
04/13/00 06:19:10 PM U.S. EDT

The U.S. Air Force's classified YF-113G aircraft was a MiG-23, not an early effort to explore radar-evading technologies, as reported last week. The existence of the aircraft was verified by one service official, but a second had mistakenly identified it as a U.S. stealth testbed that was abandoned by the early 1980s.

The YF-113G designation was assigned to MiG-23s -- a fighter built in the Soviet bloc that NATO code-named "Flogger" -- flown clandestinely by two special projects units. The aircraft flew in the late 1970s along with "a whole range of aircraft that have operated [on the Nellis test ranges] for years," a senior Air Force official said. "

In Reply to: Re: YF-113G/Bird of Prey? posted by will on January 07, 2004 at 19:20:44 PST:

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• Re: Curiouser and curiouser... Andreas Parsch 01/08/2004, 0:38:39 PST (3)
  • Re: Curiouser and curiouser... will 01/08/2004, 21:28:48 PST (2)
    • Re: Curiouser and curiouser... Andreas Parsch 01/08/2004, 23:49:29 PST (0)
    • Re: Curiouser and curiouser... Magoo 01/08/2004, 21:34:41 PST (0)
• Re: but then again... Magoo 01/07/2004, 19:47:01 PST (6)
  • Re: but then again... Andreas Parsch 01/08/2004, 0:49:27 PST (5)
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