After nearly 20 years in storage, the National Museum of the USAF is finally placing its Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 'Foxbat' on display

This particular aircraft was exported by the Soviet Union to Iraq, where it was flown by the Iraqi Air Force. 

In 2003, when the United States-led invasion of Iraq took place, U.S. forces took over the Al-Taqaddum Air Base, bear Baghdad. 

There, they found that in an effort to prevent their aircraft from being destroyed by American attacks, the Iraqis had buried their planes in the sand near the air base. 

Among these was this MiG-25RB however, it was found without the wings, buried or hidden somewhere else never discovered, but it was still in the best condition of the Iraqi MiG-25s at Al-Taqaddum.

In 2006, the aircraft was officially transferred to the National Museum of the USAF, but has been kept in storage due to its incomplete status. 

However, with the completion of some of the museum’s other restoration projects, such as their Storch and the nose section of the A-26B Invader now painted as The Little Heathen, being placed on display in the WWII Gallery, the Iraqi MiG-25 is being refurbished to go on display.

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