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Type: Polikarpov I-15bis  single seat fighter.
Max Speed at optimum altitude                                                    
Climb Rate: 3,280 ft in 1 minutes 0 seconds.
Service Ceiling: 31,170 ft.
Range: 329 miles.
Armament: four 7.62-mm 0.3-in (7.92-mm) machine guns and up to 331 lb of bombs or six 82-mm rockets.
Photo: DR
Powered in its definitive forms by an imported America radial or its Soviet licensed equivalent, the 1-15 was built in large numbers and used operationally in the turbulent years between 1936 and 1942.

 
Type: Mikoyan Gurevich Mig 15bis "Fagot" single seat combat fighter.
Max Speed: 669 mph at sea level.
Climb Rate: of 32,810 ft. in 5 minutes 30 seconds.
Service ceiling:  50,855 ft.
range: 826 miles.
Armament: one 37-mm cannon and two 23-mm cannon, and up to 1,102 lb of disposable stores.
Photo: M. Rostaing
The North Korean MiG-15 was one of the first aircraft received by the Western countries after an American offer of substantial reward for any pilot who defected with his machine.

 
Type: Mikoyan Gurevich Mig-23Ms " Fogger-E single seat fighter.
Max Speed: was 1,551 mph at 36,090 ft.
Climb Rate: 3,280 ft in 1 minutes 0 seconds.
Service Ceiling: 61,025 ft.
Range: 578 miles.
Armament one 23-mm twin barrel cannon , and up to 4,409 lb of disposable stores.
Photo: B Thouanel
The MiG-23MS "Flogger-E is seen in the markings of the Libyan air force, which has 85 such aircraft. In January 1989 two of them were shot down over the Gulf of Sirte by Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter from a US Navy aircraft carrier.

 
Type: Mikoyan Gurevich Mig-21bisF "Fishbed-N single seat multi role fighter.
Max Speed: 1,385 mph at 36,090 ft.
Climb Rate: 57,990 ft per min.
Service Ceiling:  50,030 ft.
range: 329 mile.
Armament: one 23-mm twin barrel cannon and up to 4,409 lb of disposable stores.
Photo: P Bigel
MiG-21F of the Finnish air force.

 
Type: Mikoyan Gurevich Mig-21bisF "Foxbat-A single seat Interceptor.
Max Speed: 2,115 mph at 36,090 ft.
Climb Rate: 41,010 ft per min.
Service Ceiling: 80,050 ft.
Range: 702 miles.
Armament: up to four AAMs including AA-6 "acrid" weapons.
Photo: B. Thouanel from UNS
Photographed from a US Navy plane, this Libyan MiG-25 is armed with AA-6 "Acrid" and far small AA-8 "Aphid" AAMs.

 
Type: Sukhoi Su-22 "Fitter-F single seat ground attack fighter.
Max Speed: 1,379 mph at 36,090 ft.
climb Rate: 45,275 ft per min. 
Service Ceiling: 59,055 ft.
Range: of 425 miles.
Armament: two 30-mm cannon and up to 7,000+ lb of disposable stores.
Photo: Salamander
An Su-22 "Fitter-J" of the Libyan air force. In 1981 two such Libyan aircraft were destroyed by two US Navy Grumman F-14 Tomcats over the Mediterranean after shaping up for an attack on the American fighters.

 
Type: Yakovlev Yak-11 two seat advanced flying trainer and liaison plane.
Max Speed: 289 mph at 8,200 ft.
Climb Rate of ??? ft per min.
Service Ceiling: 23,295 ft.
Range: 795 miles.
Armament: one 12.7-in (0.5-mm) or 7.62-mm (0.3-in machine gun in a fixed installation, and up to two 110lb practice bombs
Photo: P. Guerin
This Yak-11, representing a type only rarely seen in the West, was restored by a collector and displayed in France.

 
Type: Polikarpov U-2VS two/three seat trainer and multi-purpose plane.
Max Speed: 97 mph. at sea level.
Climb Rate:3,280 ft. in 5 minutes
Service Ceiling: 13,125 ft.
Range: 249 miles.
Armament: one 7.62-mm 9o.3-in mechine gun and up to 551 lb. of bombs.
Photo: S. H. A. A.
Despite its flimsy appearance, the U-2 was a remarkable sturdy and successful type served the USSR with grate distinction

 
Type: Polikarpov UTI-4 two seat conversion trainer.
Max Speed: 226 mph. at optimum altitude.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling: 28,215 ft.
Range: endurance 1 hour 0 minutes.
Armament: none
Photo: Finnish Air Museum
A single UTI-4 captured by the Finns was put into service as the conversion trainer for six captured I-16 fighters.

 
Type: Sukhoi Su-27 "Flanker-B single seat air superiority fighter.
Max Speed: 1,550 mph. or Mach 2.35 at 39,370 ft.
Climb Rate: 60,040 ft. per. minute.
Service Ceiling: 49,215+
Range: Radius 932 miles.
Armament: one 30-mm multi-barrel cannon, and up to 10 AAMs or 13,228 lb. of disposable stores.
Photo: Coll Avia News
The Su-27 is equivalent to the Mc Donnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, and its a powerfully armed fighter with fly-by-wire control seystem and a "look-down/shoot down" weapon system.

 
Type: Yakovlev Yak-23 single seat fighter.
Max Speed: 606 mph at optimum altitude.
Climb Rate: 9,252 ft per minute.
Service Ceiling: 48,555 ft.
Range: 746 miles.
Armament: two 23-mm cannon and up to two132 lb bombs.
Photo: M. Hodeir
This is one of the last series built Yak-23s, now on display at the Polish army museum in Warsaw.

 
Type: Yakovlev Yak-3 single seat fighter.
Max Speed: 410 mph .at 10,500 ft.
Climb Rate: 3,806 ft.
Service Ceiling: 38,715 ft.
Range: 440 miles.
Armament: one 20-mm cannon and two 12.7-mm (0.5-in) machine guns.
Photo: S. H. A. A.
Particularly good use was made of the Yak-3 by the Normandie-Niemen Regiment, manned by the French pilots but fighting beside Soviet units on the Eastern Front.

 
Type: Yakovlev Yak-38 "Forger-A" single seat carrierborne multi-role STOVL warplane.
Max Speed: 627 mph. at 36,090 ft.
Climb Rate:14,765 ft. per minute.
Service Ceiling: 39,370 ft.
Range: radius 229 miles with maximum warload.
Armament: up to 7,937 lb. of disposable stores.
Photo:
Two Yak-38s parked on the flightdeck of the carrier Minsk, on of the four "kiev" class carriers in Soviet service.

 
Type: Sukhou Su-24 "Fencer-C" two seat strike and attack interceptor.
Max Speed: 1,441 mph. at 36,090 ft.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling: 54,135 ft.
Range: radius 805 miles
Armament: one 30-mm multi-barrel cannon, and up to 24,250 lb. of disposable stores.
Photo: Coll B. Thouanel.
The Su-24 is the USSR's most capable interceptor, and it is seen here in landing regime with its wings extended.


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