Syria became one of the key recipients of Soviet weaponry during the Cold War. The MiG-23 was delivered to the Syrian Air Force in the 1970s and 1980s as part of the USSR's military aid to Middle ...

Pilot of Syrian MiG-21 that crashed in Turkey says his plane was shot down ANKARA, March 4. /TASS/. A Mig-23 fighter jet of the Syrian Air Force crashed on Saturday in the area bordering Turkey ...