It's Russian, but what?

[N4521U]

Ran across this on the web.
Mig whaaaat?
My best guess is Mig-25?

 

[jetcal1]

MiG-23 or 27. Hard to tell with the missing nose.

 

[Capt. Vick]

MiG-23 or 27. Hard to tell with the missing nose.

Ah! I see what you mean.

 

[Wurger]

MiG-23 or 27. Hard to tell with the missing nose.

I agree.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Yeah, the rectangular intakes and the wing-root give it away.

 

[jetcal1]

Yeah, the rectangular intakes and the wing-root give it away.

If you could get up close and personal, the -27 had fixed intakes so wiring and plumbing in the area would also be a bit of giveaway.

 

[GTX]

Not a MiG-27 - see simplified intakes and how far forward the intake splitter plate comes:

Most likely a MiG-23 though could conceivably be a MiG-23BN which had the duckbill nose but the original MiG-23 intakes:

My money is on a more conventional MiG-23 variant though.

 

[SaparotRob]

I really love these detective threads.

 

[N4521U]

I came to the same conclusion, 23! The intake upper front corner extends into the back canopy area.
I wanted to do this relleck in the "cave" as a dio, but I've enough on my plate!

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

If you could get up close and personal, the -27 had fixed intakes so wiring and plumbing in the area would also be a bit of giveaway.

I don't know that much about the planes, but even the basic architecture gives it away to me.

 

[CATCH 22]

Ran across this on the web.
Mig whaaaat?
My best guess is Mig-25?

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This is a MiG-23 in the abandoned far east base of Keton (Russian name Smyrnich). A read the story about the base some time ago - two skeletons of MiG-23 were found there: one single seat fighter and one trainer.
There are some astonishing photos from this place, AFAIK there is a movie in the style of "Abandoned Places/ Abandoned Structures" as well.
Check this album on Imgur with many photos.
Cheers!

 

[SaparotRob]

That was an interesting article!

 

[Wurger]

 

[N4521U]

This is a MiG-23 in the abandoned far east base of Keton (Russian name Smyrnich). A read the story about the
Check this album on Imgur with many photos.
Cheers!

I had lost track of where I had seen this. Thanks for that.
It was immediately food for a dio. But as I said to much on my plate for an 80 year old.