Hobby Master Syrian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MS "Flogger-E" Fighter - "F-4E Killer", Captain Ali al-Masry, al-Mazzah AB, Damascus, Syria, April 19th, 1974 (1:72 Scale)

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Syrian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MS "Flogger-E" Fighter - "F-4E Killer", Captain Ali al-Masry, al-Mazzah AB, Damascus, Syria, April 19th, 1974 (1:72 Scale)

Hobby Master Syria Air Defense Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MS "Flogger-E" Fighter - "F-4E Killer", Captain Ali al-Masry, al-Mazzah AB, Damascus, Syria, April 19th, 1974

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Hobby Master HA5304 Syrian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MS "Flogger-E" Fighter - "F-4E Killer", Captain Ali al-Masry, al-Mazzah AB, Damascus, Syria, April 19th, 1974 (1:72 Scale) "At the time, MiG-23 was the most modern plane in our arsenal, but we had only eight of the type. On that day I was flying on a lone mission when I saw seven to eight enemy Phantoms ahead of me - in one formation. I never saw eight enemy planes in one formation before and never encountered so many Israelis at once before. I tried to contact the ground command by radio, but there was very heavy jamming. I tried the secondary frequency, but it was also jammed. So I switched to the open frequency and sent a help request explaining the whole situation. Then I engaged the enemy. I did not have really much of a choice: they would have attacked me any way, so I engaged them first."
- Syrian Air Force Captain Ali al Masry, when he was underway with his MiG-23MS on a weapons test flight to the north-west of Damascus, Syria, 1974

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is considered to belong to the Soviet third-generation jet fighter category, along with similarly aged Soviet fighters such as the MiG-25 "Foxbat". It was the first attempt by the Soviet Union to design look-down/shoot-down radar and one of the first to be armed with beyond visual range missiles, and the first MiG production fighter aircraft to have intakes at the sides of the fuselage. Production started in 1970 and reached large numbers with over 5,000 aircraft built. Today the MiG-23 remains in limited service with various export customers.

The basic design was also used as the basis for the Mikoyan MiG-27, a dedicated ground-attack variant. Among many minor changes, the MiG-27 replaced the MiG-23's nose-mounted radar system with an optical panel holding a laser designator and a TV camera. Ground-attack variants of the MiG-23 were also produced, and these generally saw better export success, retaining more multi-mission capability.

Pictured here is a 1:72 scale replica of a MiG-23MS Flogger-E fighter that was attached to the Syrian Air Force and piloted by Captain Ali al-Masry on April 19th, 1974. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Wingspan: 7-3/4-inches
Length: 9-1/4-inches

Release Date: May 2017

Historical Account: "F-4E Killer" - On April 13th, 1974, after almost 100 days of artillery exchanges and skirmishes along the Golan Heights, Syrian helicopters delivered commandos to attack the Israeli observation post at Jebel Sheikh. This provoked heavy clashes in the air and on the ground for almost a week.

On April 19th, 1974, Syrian Air Force Captain Ali al-Masry, flying a MiG-23MS on a weapons test mission, spotted a group of IAF F-4Es and shot two of them down after firing three missiles. He was about to attack another F-4 with cannon fire, but was shot down by friendly fire from a SAM battery. Due to this success, an additional 24 MiG-23MS interceptors, as well as a similar number of MiG-23BN strike variants, were delivered to Syria during the following year. In 1978, deliveries of MiG-23MFs started and two squadrons were equipped with them.