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Summary and Key Points: In Top Gun (1986), the fictional MiG-28 aircraft is depicted as an adversary to U.S. Navy pilots, but it was actually a repainted Northrop F-5, a real-world fighter.
However, no country uses what "Top Gun" called the MiG-28. It doesn't exist. The plane in the '80s flick was a repainted Northrop Grumman F-5 Tiger.
The MiG-23BN could also make use of radio-command guided Kh-23 missiles and radar-seeking weapons, as well as short-range K-13 or R-60 heat-seeking air-to-air missiles for self-defense.
It is entirely possible that the production designers simply imitated the scheme and painted it onto the models used to play MiG-28s. Yes, Top Gun is not a documentary.