hold on. It seems I don't ever forget a lil' detail. Top Anorak or what! Again from the Horse's mouth:
You'll have to forgive me for not having read Steve's other books but whenever I hear about a MiG-23 being "run down", I always have to ask myself "Did he know he was being chased, or was he just crusing along at 500-600 KCAS or so with his wings swept at 45 degrees when his airplane blew up?". I know for a fact that a MiG-23MS will do in excess of 900 KCAS. That is above the published airspeed limit but that is a difference between their planes and ours. Their's will usually exceed their published airspeed limits where ours usually will not. I know of no US fighter that can run down a plane going 900 KCAS (or even 800).