Ryan Hothersall Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Looking for information on what counties had what variant of Foxbat, as I have a few MiG-25P Foxbat A kits in the stash and was wondering if any of this version was operated outside of The Soviet Union. Where any of this variant still in use when the Soviet Union broke up?. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floggerman Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Looking for information on what counties had what variant of Foxbat, as I have a few MiG-25P Foxbat A kits in the stash and was wondering if any of this version was operated outside of The Soviet Union. Algeria, Libya, Syria, Iraq Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 ..... and India. Full list of current (?) and former operators on Wiki. Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan Hothersall Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 Algeria, Libya, Syria, Iraq Are these the MiG-25PDS variant which I understand are the MiG-25P airframe with many of the upgrades of the MiG-25PD?. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floggerman Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Are these the MiG-25PDS variant which I understand are the MiG-25P airframe with many of the upgrades of the MiG-25PD?. AFAIK, no. According to my sources only 370 soviet P's were updated to PDS in 1978. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tiger331 Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 It is a pity, that there are probably not known pictures of Turkmeni, Azerbaijani or Armenian MiG-25... ALthough these were probably not operational... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Booga Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Are these the MiG-25PDS variant which I understand are the MiG-25P airframe with many of the upgrades of the MiG-25PD?. It's actually the opposite : the original export MiG-25PD uses the newer PD airframe with the older P radar nose (after the MiG-25 was compromised by Belenko's defection the original Smerch radar was cleared for export while the Soviets developed the Sapfir-25 for domestic use). Some export Foxbats were later upgraded with the Sapfir, and some customers like Algeria received ex-Soviet aircraft. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Booga Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 It is a pity, that there are probably not known pictures of Turkmeni, Azerbaijani or Armenian MiG-25... ALthough these were probably not operational... Turmenistan and Azerbaijan AF MiG-25s are featured with profiles and/or pictures on Linden Hill decal sheets. The sole, non-flying Armenian MiG-25 is still in original Soviet livery with red stars. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vince14 Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 It is a pity, that there are probably not known pictures of Turkmeni, Azerbaijani or Armenian MiG-25... ALthough these were probably not operational... They're not the greatest of quality, but here's a couple of pics of Azerbaijani MiG-25's. Vince Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan Hothersall Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 It's actually the opposite : the original export MiG-25PD uses the newer PD airframe with the older P radar nose (after the MiG-25 was compromised by Belenko's defection the original Smerch radar was cleared for export while the Soviets developed the Sapfir-25 for domestic use). Some export Foxbats were later upgraded with the Sapfir, and some customers like Algeria received ex-Soviet aircraft. Apart from the MiG-25PD having a longer nose than the MiG-25P, are there any other major external differences?. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Booga Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Apart from the MiG-25PD having a longer nose than the MiG-25P, are there any other major external differences?. I'd say it depends on what PD from which country? The most obvious differences could be the tailfins, the IRST which may be present or not, and possibly some antennas and the shape of the antiflutter weights. But then, there are some big differences even between various batches of the P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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