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Soviet-Era MiG 23 Fighter Jet Crashes At Michigan Air Show, Hits Apartment Building Complex

Zero Hedge

By Tyler Durden – August 14, 2023

A privately owned Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (NATO reporting name: “Flogger”) third-generation jet fighter crashed on Sunday afternoon at Thunder Over Michigan Air Show at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, Michigan. 

Video of the crash shows the Soviet aircraft, built between 1967-85, experiencing what appears to be a loss of lift during a steep left turn, a turn that involves a bank of more than 30 degrees. 

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