Mikoyan Mig 27 - The MiG-27 Bahadur fires its GSH-6-30 rotary cannon in a low dive angle attack. (Photo: Indian Air Force)
The Indian Air Force has retired its last Mikoyan MiG-27 squadron. The aircraft was officially decommissioned during a ceremony held at the Jodhpur Air Force Station in Rajasthan in northwestern India on 27 December 2019. The last unit to operate the type was No. in charge that day, five of whom were on a sortie.
Mikoyan Mig 27
The ceremony was presided over by Air Marshal SK Ghotia VSM, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Air Command and was attended by a large number of former MiG-27 aircrew. Among them is Group Captain Anupam Banerjee, who flew a MiG-27 during Operation Safed Sagar, the opening phase of the 1999 Kargil air campaign.
Mikoyan Mig 27 Flogger. [1080×772]
The Indian Air Force received approximately 165 MiG-27MLs between 1985 and 1994 and had a peak of seven MiG-27 squadrons. The MiG-27 is optimized as a high-speed, ultra-low-level attack aircraft and has earned a reputation as a robust and stable platform for strafing and missile attacks. An IAF MiG-27 pilot called the aircraft "a 20-ton flying tank that can outrun the Mirage 2000 at low altitude". The MiG-27 played an integral role in the 1999 Kargil War along the Line of Control in Kashmir, during which the aircraft engaged high altitude targets on mountain slopes.
India's first 10 MiG-27s were delivered from the Irkutsk factory and 80 were delivered as kits for local assembly before full license production began. The type is known as Bahadur (Valiant) in IAF service. Squadron No. 222, the IAF's latest Sukhoi Su-7 unit, was the first to convert to the MiG-27M. The new type subsequently equipped a number of ex-HAL Ajeet light fighter squadrons (Nos. 9, 18, 22 and 2, while No. 10 was converted from the MiG-23BN and No. 29 from the MiG-21) .
Approximately 38 aircraft were upgraded to MiG-27UPG standards between 2003 and 2008, receiving a MIL-1553B digital data bus, inertial navigation and GPS, while the cockpit was extensively updated, including a new head-up display and a high-speed color display. high resolution upside down display, digital map generator and digital video recording system. The aircraft has been fitted with a new laser rangefinder and tagged target designator, a new countermeasure dispersal system and the Elta self-defense jammer, while the radar warning receiver (RWR) antennas have been repositioned to prevent 'concealment. The MiG-27UPG is equipped with a laser target and a reconnaissance pod. The aircraft was also fitted with a data transfer module to allow mission plans and RWR updates to be loaded prior to flight. Pilot workload was dramatically reduced, weapons accuracy was improved, and the aircraft gained significant all-weather/night attack capabilities and precision bombing capability. However, the MiG-27UPG was considered difficult to fly and three were lost in accidents during the last year of service, most recently on 4 September. The pilots ejected safely in all cases.
The MiG-27UPG (sometimes called the MiG-27MU) equips the two squadrons of No. 32 at Jodhpur (Nos. 10 and 29), while one unit at Kalaikunda (No. 18 Squadron) and the two squadrons of No. The Hashimara Wing (#22 & 222) operated out of date MiG-27MLs until 2016 and 2017, when the ML variant was finally retired.
Mig 27 Flogger D
Last year saw the final retirement of the MiG-27 to Sri Lanka (although the handful of still conditionally loaded aircraft had been grounded some time earlier) and perhaps Kazakhstan as well, where about a dozen survivors served with the 129th Fighter of the 11th Division - Bombardment Regiment at Taldi Kurgan. This is believed to have left daggers No. 10 and scorpios no. 29 of the Indian Air Force as the last active MiG-27 units in the world. Squadron No. 10 disbanded in March 2019, leaving a single unit able to last for several months.
The decommissioning or renumbering of the two remaining MiG-27 units means that the IAF's frontline combat strength will be reduced to 28 squadrons, well below India's requested total of 42 squadrons. The MiG-27 was originally developed and produced by Russian aircraft manufacturer Mikoyan-Gurevich before being produced under license by India's Hindustan Aeronautics under the designation Bahadur. It is a variable geometry attack aircraft based on the MiG-23 but upgraded to support air-to-ground operations.
Derived from the MiG-23, the MiG-27K was the most advanced Soviet version of the MiG-27 aircraft. About two hundred of this type were built. It has an external length of 17.08 meters, an external height of 2.9 meters, a tail height of 5 meters and a fuselage diameter of 1 meter. The fully extended wings have a span of 13.97 meters and a sweep of 7.78 metres. It has a wing area of 37.35 m2 in the extended position and 34.16 m2 in the swept position. It has an empty weight of 11,908 kg, a gross weight of 20,300 kg and a maximum take-off weight of 20,670 kg. Maximum payload is 4,000 kg and fuel capacity is 1,925 gallons.
The MiG-27K is equipped with a Tumansky R-29-B-300 afterburner turbojet engine. It produces 17,600 lbf dry thrust and 25,400 lbf afterburning thrust. The aircraft has a maximum speed of 1,018 knots at 26,247 feet and 730 knots at sea level. It has a combat radius of 420 nautical miles; 290 nautical miles if with two KH-29 missiles and three drop tanks and 121 nautical miles if with two KH-29 missiles and no external fuel. The range of the ferry is 1300 nautical miles. The MiG-27K can fly up to 46,000 feet and climb at speeds of 39,000 feet per minute.
Mikoyan Mig 27 Titanium Engine Mounted Vane
The armament of the MiG-27K is as follows: a GSh-6-30 30mm Gryazev-Shipunov rotary cannon with 260 rounds and a GSh-23 23mm automatic cannon with 200 rounds. Four hardpoints are in the fuselage, one in the centerline and two in the wing glove pylons with a capacity of 4,000kg with provision for carrying combinations of S-5, S-8, S-25 and S-24 missiles. R-60M air-to-air missiles, Kh-23M, Kh-25ML and Kh-29L/ML/T/D air-to-ground missiles and Kh-27PS and KAB-500KR anti-radiation missiles TV -guided bomb, laser-guided bomb KAB- 500L and up to 500 kg of other bombs. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help us improve this article by citing reliable sources. Unsupplied material may be objected to and removed. Find Sources: "Mikoyan MiG-27" - News Newspapers Books Scholar JSTOR (September 2011) (Learn how and what to remove this template message)
The Mikoyan MiG-27 (Russian: Микоян МиГ-27; NATO reporting name: Flogger-D/J) is a variable-fire attack aircraft originally built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union and later manufactured on licensed in India by Hindustan Aeronautics as Bahadur ("Valiant"). It is based on Mikoyan-Gurevich's MiG-23 fighter, but optimized for air-to-ground attack. Unlike the MiG-23, the MiG-27 did not find widespread use outside of Russia, as most countries opted instead for the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BN and Sukhoi Su-22. It remains in service only with the Kazakhstan Air Force in the ground attack role. All Russian, Indian, Sri Lankan and Ukrainian MiG-27s were deactivated.
Optical glasses of the Kaira-23 MiG-27K laser television targeting system (kaira [kaira] in Russian means kaira). Lower box under the TV channel with a laser rangefinder laser pointer, the upper receiver for a laser rangefinder
The MiG-27 shares the basic airframe design of the MiG-23, but with a modified nose – called "Utkonos" ("Ptitsechovka") or "Krokodil Ga" in Russian service, first introduced on the MiG-23B. Dissatisfaction with the MiG-23BN led to further development of the aircraft's basic structure to accommodate a stronger undercarriage, simpler air intakes and a shorter exhaust nozzle,
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Among its test pilots, it was also referred to as the "Balcony" ("Balcony") due to the enlarged forward view from the cockpit. Additional cockpit armor was installed, along with a brand new navigation/attack system.
Since the MiG-27 was designed to fly most of its missions at low altitudes, the MiG-23's variable intake ramps and exhaust nozzles were discarded in favor of a simpler fixed configuration, reducing weight and maintenance requirements. The aircraft also has larger heavy-duty landing gear to facilitate operations from poorer airfields. In line with the MiG-27's strike and low-level strike requirements, provisions were made to mount precision-guided missiles and munitions, as well as maintaining a nuclear capability in line with other Soviet fighter aircraft by introducing specialized navigation systems .
Upgraded versions of the MiG-27M/D were introduced in the 1980s, followed by the -K version, which could carry a much wider range of weapons, including tactical nuclear bombs.
Aircraft deployed to Afghanistan were upgraded with BVP-50-60 rocket launcher installations and a NAZ-7B emergency survival kit, as well as engine modifications for hot and high conditions.
Mig 27 Mikoyan 3d Model
The MiG-27 was in service with the Soviet Air Force in Afghanistan. Although several Western observers considered the MiG-27 to be widely exported, confusing it with the MiG-23BN, this type of aircraft was only exported to India and Sri Lanka, which also used the MiG-27 in regional conflicts.
In 1975, the MiG-27 took part in Soviet Air Force frontline tactical aviation with the 722nd Regiment, replacing the earlier MiG-23B/BN and older Sukhoi Su-7 attack aircraft and equipping 22 of 40 Soviet fighters. -bomb the deployed regiments
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