Afternoon of August 13, 2023, Thunder Over Michigan air show, a rare and unsettling experience for a privately owned Soviet-era fighter jet. Retired U.S. Navy aviator Dan Filer’s two-seat MiG-23UB ...

According to an NTSB preliminary report, it’s not clear whether or why the back-seater in a Mig-23UB ejected the pair before the fighter crashed at an airshow in Michigan. Until meeting its end while ...

“MiG-23 Pilot Not Ready To Eject When Ejection Was Initiated” NTSB Preliminary Report Says. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released the preliminary report on the investigation of the ...

What do you do if you're a commercial airline pilot but you're itching to get back into a fighter jet? For one United Airlines pilot, you buy one. They cost $1.4 million. Used. The world's only ...

A preliminary report on the 13 August crash of a privately operated Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23UB fighter jet during a Michigan air show indicates the aircraft’s two onboard crew were not in agreement ...

The MiG-23 was taking part in “Thunder over Michigan” airshow at Willow Run Airport. Two pilots ejected from a privately owned two-seat MiG-23UB Flogger, registration N23UB/1038107, taking part in the ...

Safety investigators in the USA say the pilot of a privately-owned Soviet fighter jet that crashed during a recent air show flight made the decision to eject after feeling a loss of power aboard the ...

The pilots likely made the right call to eject during last weekend's Thunder Over Michigan event at Willow Run Airport, three experts said, even though the Soviet fighter plane they were flying ...

A MiG-23 fighter jet trainer was destroyed over the weekend after the pilots ejected in mid-flight. The fighter was the only privately-owned, flyable MiG-23 worldwide. The crash, which occurred during ...