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Arkansas 1990. The MiG-15 went into a loop straight after take off. Miss-judging the pull out, he dragged the tail on the grass as he recovered. After an immediate landing the only damage was scratched paint and metal, an FAA enquiry and loss of pilots licence.
MiGs are durable little aircraft. As they say, "They don't build 'em like they used to."
Russians fighters have always stood out as excellent, Initially much cheeper then NATO aircraft, but Russian aircraft are not built perfectly, to exact detail in comparison to American built aircraft. Parts sometimes can be a bit to big or a little to small forcing the assembly to improvise causing long term maintenence of the aircraft to become a financial burden over time.
This is why most airforces of the world would rather have NATO aircraft, but sometimes chose Russian aircraft because of Emediate money on hand and a need for X amount of aircraft and of course NATO's/or Russia's wilingness or unwillingness to sell to some country's.
Not to long ago, the Indians had to return some Mig-29's back to Russia because of this problem.
Pretty Spot on.