{"id":1440,"date":"2018-12-06T13:13:20","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T12:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karuli.net\/blog\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2018-12-06T13:13:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T12:13:24","slug":"far-and-high-migs-over-africa-uk-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karuli.net\/blog\/aeronefs\/far-and-high-migs-over-africa-uk-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Far and high, MiGs over Africa (UK version)"},"content":{"rendered":"

(French version)<\/a><\/p>\n

Historical o<\/b>ve<\/b>rvi<\/b>ew<\/b><\/p>\n

The National Air Force of Angola was established, after the independence of Angola, in January 21th 1976. The Roundel uses the same color scheme than the national flag:<\/p>\n

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Aircraft Inventory<\/b><\/p>\n

In the beginning, most of the inventory came from the Portuguese Air Force legacy. Little by little, the National Air Force of Angola has completely renewed its fighters. The current inventory is shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Manufacturer and type<\/b><\/td>\nIn service<\/b><\/td>\nComments <\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 ML<\/td>\n\n
26<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
10 of them will soon be retired<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sukhoi 27 S<\/td>\n\n
18<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Bought from Belarus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sukhoi 27 UB<\/td>\n\n
5<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Retrofit in process to match the MiG 34 needs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-34 MK<\/td>\n\n
5<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Bought from Ukraine and Russia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The planes are based at Luanda, Belas, Luena, Kuito, Lubango and Mocamedes air force bases.<\/p>\n

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GALERY<\/b><\/p>\n

Photos of the Angola air force planes are very rare. Most of the documents shown below come from the far-maroc<\/a> forum.<\/p>\n

MiG 23 Flogger :<\/b>
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Sukhoi 27 Flanker : <\/b>
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The brand new MiG 34 has been seen several time by spy satellites. Anyway, no close-up photo are available. The following model kit has been realised using explanations and drawings sent by the Luanda Air force base workers. The work-in-progress of this kit can be seen on the fighters.forumactif<\/a> site.<\/p>\n

MiG 34 Fahrenheit :<\/b>
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Extract from \u00ab\u00a0Far and high, MiGs over Africa<\/i>\u00a0\u00bb by Jonas LEITCH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(French version) Historical overview The National Air Force of Angola was established, after the independence of Angola, in January 21th 1976. The Roundel uses the same color scheme than the national flag: … (Images from Wikimedia and Wikipedia) Aircraft Inventory In the beginning, most of the inventory came from the Portuguese Air Force legacy. Little … Continuer la lecture de Far and high, MiGs over Africa (UK version)<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[23,65,30,190],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n