In 2005, the U.S. Marines, and other NATO members, launched what they called a MiG-23 Bandit, in Egypt. It was built as a target drone for man-portable Stinger anti-aircraft missile training.
According to the info that came with these pics, five MiG-23 Bandits were launched, and all five were shot down during Exercise Bright Star.
According to the information that was issued with these pics, the MiG-23 Bandits were actually made and operated by a U.S. military contractor; Advanced Composite Manufacturing. There are several companies and ‘research’ organizations that use the words Advanced Composite Manufacturing in their names. There is also a company calling itself ACM/Advanced Composite Manufacturing. None of them have any info about the MiG-23 Bandit.
Video, MiG-23 Bandit launch & shoot-down:
A ‘BAT’ being prepped for duty on Fort Campbell, Kentucky. U.S. Army photo by Marshall W. Woods, 20FEB2002.
The U.S. Army calls it the BAT (Ballistic Aerial Target).
USMC photo by Lance Corporal Constantine Sigelakis, 24AUG1999.
In August 1999, the U.S. Army used a MiG-23 BAT to demonstrate its vehicle mounted Stinger missile system, known as Avenger, on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, in North Carolina.
USMC photo by Sergeant A. D. Gruart, March 1986.
This photo is dated March 1986. It shows a MiG-23/27 ‘BAT/Bandit’ drone along with two Mi-24 Hind drones, on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia.
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Venezuelan Sukhoi 30 shadowing a U.S. Navy EP-3, July 2019.
Ukrainian Su-27/30, Starokostiantyniv Air Base during NATO wargame Clear Sky 2018.
F-15 Eagle taxis past Sukhoi 27s.
Su-30, the main difference between the Su-27UB and Su-30 is that the Su-30 is a fully combat capable multi-role aircraft, while the Su-27UB is a trainer.
The Su-30 is slightly longer and taller than the Su-27UB, and can also be equipped with canards and thrust vectoring afterburners.
Su-27 v B-52H, Baltic Sea, June 2017.
Su-27 v B-1B, Baltic Sea, June 2017.
Su-27 v RC-135U, Baltic Sea, June 2017.
Indian Su-30MKI on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, May 2016. Good size comparison with the much smaller F-16.
Malaysian Su-30MKM, Singapore International Airshow, 21FEB2016.
Russian Su-27 takes part in U.S. Vigilant Eagle-13, over Alaska, August 2013.
Su-27, Canadian F-18 (CF-18) and an Ilyushin 62 over Cold Lake, Canada, August 2013. The Il-62 played the role of hi-jacked airliner, while the Su-27s and CF-18s played escorts.
Malaysian Su-30 fly with F/A-18E, South China Sea, October 2012.
Under Federal Emergency Management Agency direction, a U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules flew CoViD-19 medical supplies to the U.S. territory of American Somoa.
The first HC-130J for USAF Reserves in Florida, takes off from its birthplace in Marietta, Georgia, 02APR2020.
Michigan Air National Guard’s 127 Wing deploys on a 747-400 people hauler, April 2019.
In November 2013, an Atlas Air operated 747-400 Dreamlifter flew to McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, to pick-up parts for construction of 787 Dreamliners from a nearby manufacturer.
Kadena Air Base, Japan. The Missouri Air National Guard off-loaded the 747, one of three early model 747s operated by 
Misawa Air Base, Japan, 2016.
National Air Cargo 747-400 tail number N949CA lands at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, February 2012.
N949CA crashed in Afghanistan, April 2013, killing the seven crew.
Contracted 747 cargo haulers sit in Romania, waiting to be loaded up with supplies for troops in Afghanistan, July 2013.
Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, 2012.
A National 747 at Tinian International Airport, Northern Mariana Islands, during Exercise Forager Fury 2012.
Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, April 2011.
Travis AFB, California, April 2009.
