Egypt Mig-21US and F-7B's

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Egypt Mig-21US and F-7B's

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Finnaly after several years of visiting Egypt ( Hurghada ) i was lucky with a very active airwing last November :-)
The single Mig21-US and three F-7B's flew three times a day with only 20 minute missions... :rock:

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You lucky lucky man. More photos please!!!
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What an amazing set! I love the rare stuff and this falls in that thread certainly falls in that catagory!

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Oh MiG-od. :grin:

Very nice to see, surprised they're not very restrictive on spotters?

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Macc wrote:surprised they're not very restrictive on spotters?Chris


well i don't recommend to stay just in the open... i was not standing directly at the fence but in a good shelter ;-)
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Yum yum....and I thought my chicken lunch was going to be good. Out of interest Dino, is there a regaular sqn based here or just 'regular' detachments?

Keep them coming.

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Very nice. :clap: How good do those F-7B's look.

Interesting colour scheme. Are the high viz colours just to improve their visibility or any other reason?

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Brilliant, don't see many of those :clap: :clap:

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Outstanding, glad you made it back!

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JohnF wrote:Interesting colour scheme. Are the high viz colours just to improve their visibility or any other reason?
The high viz markings were added to keep the guys on the ground from shooting at their own planes.

Interesting set indeed, thanks for posting :)

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I saw some with similar markings at Aswan a few years ago. Alas I was on a plane and could not get a window seat and a clear shot.
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Agg wrote:
JohnF wrote:Interesting colour scheme. Are the high viz colours just to improve their visibility or any other reason?
The high viz markings were added to keep the guys on the ground from shooting at their own planes.

Interesting set indeed, thanks for posting :)


They where first applied to Egyptian combat a/c during the border war with Libya in 1977 after several Egyptian a/c were accidently shot down by their own forces and they seem to have stuck with it ever since.

Great photos from a excellent location, glad you survived to share with us :grin:

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Can only echo what the others have said, the risk paid off with some jolly nice images!
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Never knew what an F-7 was, just googled it and see its a chinese Mig-21 (that will be why i thought i was just looking at migs above lol :facepalm: )

Thanks for sharing and enlightening me :)

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My word , they're a bit special ! Stunning shots of an extremely rare subject !
Glad you made it back safely !

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great thread, something different, fantastic!

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Tim Holden wrote:I saw some with similar markings at Aswan a few years ago. Alas I was on a plane and could not get a window seat and a clear shot.


I saw simillar at Aswan way back in the early 90's, and I had a window seat. Unfortunately I was unaware of a military prescence there, so just had to sit and watch them as we taxied by, my camera tucked away in my cabin baggage under the seat. :sad:

Good side on shots, and pic 8 is nice. Were so used to "GREY" now, that all that bright colouring is like being jabbed in the eyeball with rusty 6" nails.
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Very nice.Saw these last Week and thought Wow!
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Wow, what a collection of rare aeroplanes, superb post and thanks for sharing, Ciaran
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Oh my again :smile:

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The orange hi viz panels on Egyptian airccraft started with the punitive raid into Libya...it emulates the same used by the Israeli air force...as those were now considered "friendly".

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