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MIG-25PDS Foxbat 25211 "The Hornet Killer" flown by Lt. Zuhair Dawood, Iraqi Air Force, Jan 1991
HA5602
General Background
The MiG-25 “Foxbat” is a supersonic interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft. The prototype flew in 1964 and entered service in 1970 with an operational speed of Mach manufacture the MiG-25.
The Aircraft
The first American casualty of Operation Desert Storm came on the night of January 17, 1991. LCDR Scott “Spike” Speicher was piloting an F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81 “Sunliners” when his aircraft crashed. According to a fellow pilot on the same mission the F/A-18C was at 28,000 feet and hit by an R-40 missile fired from an Iraqi MiG- 25PDS believed to be flown by Lt. Zuhair Dawood of the IrAF 84th Squadron. LCDR Speicher was listed as MIA but later changed to KIA.
Specifications :
Number Built: 1,190
Crew: 1 Pilot
Dimensions
Length: 64 ft 10 in (19.75 m)
Wingspan: 45 ft 11.5 in (14.01 m)
Height: 20 ft ¼ in (6.10 m)
Weight:
Empty: 44,080 lb (20,000 kg)
Loaded: 80,952 lb (36,720 kg)
Performance
Power Plant: 2 x Tumansky R-15B-300 afterburning turbojets
Dry Thrust: 16,524 lbf (73.5 kN) per engine
Afterburner Thrust: 22,494 lbf (100.1 kN) per engine
Maximum speed: High Altitude – Mach 2.83 1,920 mph (3,2000 km/h) Mach 3.2 2,170 mph (3,470 km/h) continuous engine limit
Low Altitude – 746 mph (1,200 km/h) (648 kts)
Range:
Mission: 1,075 miles (1,730 km) (935 nmi)
Ferry: 1,600 miles (2,575 km) (1,390 nmi)
Service Celling: 67,915 ft (20,700 m) with 4 missiles
RoC: 40,950 ft/min (208 m/s)
Time To 65,615 ft (20,000 m) – 8.9 minutes
Armament: 2 x Radar-Guided R-40R (AA-6 “Acrid”) air-to-air missiles
2 x Infrared-Guided R-40T missiles
Avionics: RP-25 Smerch radar
RV-UM or RV-4 radar altimeter
Variants of the MiG-25: MiG-25P Foxbat A
MiG-25RB Foxbat B
MiG-25RBV Foxbat B
MiG-25BBT Foxbat B
MiG-25R Foxbat B
MiG-25PU Foxbat C
MiG-25RU Foxbat C
MiG-25U Foxbat C
MiG-25RBK Foxbat D
MiG-25RBS Foxbat D
MiG-25RBSh Foxbat D
MiG-25RBF Foxbat D
MiG-25PD Foxbat E
MiG-25PDS Foxbat E
MiG-25BM Foxbat F