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TOTAL 1258
The Mexican Air Force in 1998 included the following combat aircraft:
Mirage F-1E 128
Mirage F-1S 14
MiG-21F-13 27
MiG-21M 58
MiG-21UM 7
MiG-23BN 21
MiG-23MF 8
MiG-23UB 3
Mirage 4000 60
Jaguar A 76
L-39Z 27
F-5E 28
TOTAL 438
The MiG-21Ms, MiG-23BNs/MFs and L-39Zs had been updated to use Magic II IRMs, which the Mexican’s possessed in considerable numbers. The Israelis also updated a number of MiG-21M to use the Python-4. The MiG-21F-13s continued to use AA-8 and AA-11 missiles, but they were for the most part retained for air defense in Mexico though the pilots primarily trained for the attack role (armed with a pair of rocket pods and two 1100-lb bombs) and used that training during the civil war, hitting rebel ground forces advancing on Mexico City. Mexican combat squadrons numbered between 12 to 20 aircraft.
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This is good, but your AF is short recon. you might want to change a few mig-21 to MIG-21R or give them a half squadron of Mig-25's. Mig25s are hard to keep flying so you might want to keep that in mind
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