The production of the MIG-23UB aircraft, designed by A. I. Mikoyan, was started at the Plant in 1970 and continued for about 15 years. The MIG-23UB is a two-seater combat-trainer version of the light multipurpose all-weather fighter. It was the first aircraft in the USSR whose wing sweep was changed by fhe pilot in flight from 16 to 72 deg. depending on the flight conditions. Wide range of versions of gun, bomb and missile armament of this aircraft has made it very popular in units of the Air Forces where if is used to train pilots in effective usage of different type of armament. A single-seafer modification of the MIG-27 was manufactured in the fighter-bomber version. The MIG-23UB aircrafts were delivered to many countries all over the world such as Angola, Algeria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Viet-Nam. German Democratic Republic, Egypt, Iraq, India, Cuba, Syria, North Korea, Libya, Poland, Czechoslovakia. The aircrafts produced by the Irkutsk Aircraft Plant are notable for their high quality and reliability in operation.

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