Red Eagles is an interesting read, from memory one pilot tells the tale of how his favorite trick in an early model MiG 21 was to slow to 70 knots and then point his nose at the adversary, apparently the early versions with the “light” radar retained nose authority at that airspeed. Then there were the numerous F-14s who were beaten in low speed turning fights with a MiG 17, and the comments on the MiG 23 which centered around “Every time I strapped myself into this aircraft I reminded myself that it would try and kill me”, but that the aircraft had incredible acceleration.
I just wonder what they are playing with now - and when will we be looking at photos of Aurora.