#aircraft identification

[electronicsquid]

Airplane identification lessons at the Air Corps Gunnery School in Las Vegas

(Eliot Elisofon. 1942)

[redarmyscreaming]

AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION, 1940       

[mudwerks]

perma_003211 Permann Collection Image

[electronicsquid]

Examining model airplanes

(Charles Steinheimer. 1942?)

[theliteralbear]

[geezerwench]

US Air Force aircraft identification chart

[todaysdocument]

"Carlton J. Dearborn, S2c cements a stringer on the fuselage of balsam model of Stuka Dive Bomber at Camp Smalls, U.S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, IL. Dearborn teaches sailors to identify enemy and Allied aircraft." 3/13/1943

Series: General Photographic File of the Department of Navy, 1943 - 1958. Record Group 80: General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1804 - 1983

[soldierporn]

That aircraft pictured is a MiG-23 Flogger, which was the earlier, fighter/interceptor version of the MiG-27 Flogger (which is the optimized attack variant). The -27 has smaller intakes & a duckbill nose for optics and ground attack goodies, while the -23 sports a conical nose for its radar used in the fighter role. The Su-24 is a larger aircraft with TWO engines and TWO crew sitting side-by-side, much like our F-111, vs the Flogger which seats only ONE pilot and has ONE engine.

I am annoyed that my MARQ cards didn't have that particular MiG because it's sufficiently different from later versions of the Flogger that the profiles aren't similar at all.

And from the photos on the MiG-23's Wiki page, that is a perfect match to the aircraft pictured. Thanks! -R