Mig 23 Adel Bassem .

Luc B
great seat! interesting project

Bill Gilman
Looking very good! Keep the pictures coming so we can salivate some more!

Saenen Serge Author
New pics of the start of painting.
The syrian marking are painted with mask and the green star are self made decals.
The dual marking roundels is the peculiairity of this bird.

Bill Gilman
Superb!

Holger Kranich
Wow great paintjob and cockpit! Wonderful shadings!

Marek Swiderski
As a former Flogger technician I am glad to see MiG-23 on scalemates 🙂

Holger Kranich
And can you confirm, he made a good job?;)

Marek Swiderski
I have to wait for finally effect, at the moment looks good.

Holger Kranich
I think so too!

Bill Gilman
I have a friend in Bulgaria who used to work on MiG-23 (BN I think) and he used to say they were "strong like bull, smart like tractor." What exactly does that mean? He never would tell me.

Marek Swiderski
Bill can you find out an information about international exercise in Poland [I think it was 1997y] Eagle Talon, during this exercise MiG-23 from my regiment shot down F-15C. 🙂

Marek Swiderski
It's me during this exercise making a special paint on my MiG "Republic of Pyrland" [img1]

Bill Gilman
From DefenseSecurity.org:

"Soldiers from the US, Denmark, Finland, Hungary and Poland participated in a combined peacekeeping exercise called Brave Eagle 1997 which was conducted Sept. 8-19, 1997, at the Drasko Pomorskie military training facility area near Karwice, Poland. The exercise, which was conducted in the spirit of Partnership for Peace, was a computer-assisted command post exercise structured to train a multinational brigade in conducting peacekeeping operations. Some 350 soldiers from Poland, the U.S., Denmark, Finland, Hungary, and Ukraine participated in a peacekeeping exercise, called Brave Eagle, using computers to help train a multinational brigade. In the Eagle's Talon exercise, Polish and U.S. airmen are carrying out peacekeeping maneuvers during simulated ethnic conflict. The goals of the exercise are to promote Partnership for Peace through development of a common understanding of peace support operations, and to enhance military interoperability by training commanders and staffs in the staff procedures required to conduct multinational peace support operations with differently equipped, organized and doctrinally oriented units.

"In 1997 alone, Poland participated in 22 PFP exercises in which the United States also took part; the highlight of these events was exercise BRAVE EAGLE, one of the largest and most complex PFP exercises to date, which Poland hosted. Poland also participates in a hundreds of bilateral and multilateral exercises, seminars, and other activities with other Partners and NATO Allies, all of which contribute to increasing their interoperability. The Poles have emphasized military training and tactical exercises in their PFP participation."

Congratulations on the success of your plane and crew during the exercise!

Aghis Barberopoulos
Excuisite work on details and excellent paintjob. Love it!!!