This image shows a MiG-23 fighter jet destroyed in the city. Recently, a T38C trainer crash occurred in the United States, which once again attracted widespread attention to the topic of the crash. Some military fans said that before becoming a qualified pilot to fly a fifth-generation fighter, you must experience more than 1,000 hours of actual flight experience, but once you die unexpectedly, the cost of training is lost up to $3 billion. Therefore, the military emphasizes the principle of "protecting people, before protecting aircraft". However, it should be noted that pilots cannot parachute over densely populated cities, lest the plane crash lead to serious casualties, which is the duty of military personnel.
In the Soviet era, there was an incident related to the MiG-23, when a MiG-23 fighter stopped running during flight training and began to descend sharply, and the pilots at the time panicked. Over the city, the pilot chose to abandon the plane and skydive, causing the nearly 20-ton MiG-23 fighter jet to eventually crash into the crowd, killing more than 90 people on the spot. The pilot was immediately arrested because the decision was deemed inconsistent with military duty.
Although the MiG-23 was designed with a variety of new technologies, including a two-sided air intake fuselage layout, a large radar, a variable-wing design, etc., its operational performance was poor, and pilots reported that the aircraft was difficult to cope with. Despite the negative reviews of the MiG-23, its performance is still good. This fighter performs particularly well in the Middle East. Egypt had tried to buy the MiG-23 earlier, but was rejected due to supply problems. Syria eventually became the first countries to use the MiG-23, and despite difficulties during operation, after a series of crashes, they finally developed the required combat effectiveness.
Despite the challenges to the operability of the MiG-23, it remains one of the important fighters in the Eastern Bloc. The United States gave a poor rating after the test flight, calling it a "widowmaker", believing that its maneuverability was poor and it was better suited to rely on speed to win.