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I too was expecting this eagerly... got my copy couple of days ago, haven't read it from start to finish as it's over 500 pages, just going through it. Lots of new pics which i much enjoyed, some additional information compared to the older MiG-23/27 book, some enjoyable anecdotes (like the guy who had lock-on on a SR-71 and was asking permission to fire) but... it could have been better. Was dissapointed by the poor photo coverage of syrian and north korean MiG-23s for instance, there are some good photos around of them now. As to the various variants of very early and very late MiG-23s, don't get me started, my head is still spinning trying to comprehend (can't say that the book is wrong or not as i don't know that), apparently those bulgarian and syrian, and perhaps libyan SPO-15 equipped birds are called MiG-23MLAE-2... I would probably give it four of five stars, it's still a most worthy addition to the new MiG-29 and Su-27 titles, which i would rate a tad better. I do look forward to the MiG-31 and Su-9/11/15 books, and hope for new updated edditions of MiG-21, MiG-25 and others.

<blockquote data-quote="lancer21" data-source="post: 368245" data-attributes="member: 3978"><p>I too was expecting this eagerly... got my copy couple of days ago, haven't read it from start to finish as it's over 500 pages, just going through it. Lots of new pics which i much enjoyed, some additional information compared to the older MiG-23/27 book, some enjoyable anecdotes (like the guy who had lock-on on a SR-71 and was asking permission to fire) but... it could have been better. Was dissapointed by the poor photo coverage of syrian and north korean MiG-23s for instance, there are some good photos around of them now. As to the various variants of very early and very late MiG-23s, don't get me started, my head is still spinning trying to comprehend&nbsp; (can't say that the book is wrong or not as i don't know that), apparently those bulgarian and syrian, and perhaps libyan SPO-15 equipped birds are called MiG-23MLAE-2...&nbsp;&nbsp; I would probably give it four of five stars, it's still a most worthy addition to the new MiG-29 and Su-27 titles, which i would rate&nbsp; a tad better. I do look forward to the MiG-31 and Su-9/11/15 books, and hope for new updated edditions of MiG-21, MiG-25 and others.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="lancer21, post: 368245, member: 3978"] I too was expecting this eagerly... got my copy couple of days ago, haven't read it from start to finish as it's over 500 pages, just going through it. Lots of new pics which i much enjoyed, some additional information compared to the older MiG-23/27 book, some enjoyable anecdotes (like the guy who had lock-on on a SR-71 and was asking permission to fire) but... it could have been better. Was dissapointed by the poor photo coverage of syrian and north korean MiG-23s for instance, there are some good photos around of them now. As to the various variants of very early and very late MiG-23s, don't get me started, my head is still spinning trying to comprehend (can't say that the book is wrong or not as i don't know that), apparently those bulgarian and syrian, and perhaps libyan SPO-15 equipped birds are called MiG-23MLAE-2... I would probably give it four of five stars, it's still a most worthy addition to the new MiG-29 and Su-27 titles, which i would rate a tad better. I do look forward to the MiG-31 and Su-9/11/15 books, and hope for new updated edditions of MiG-21, MiG-25 and others. [/QUOTE]

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