Their aircraft are still in use today. One of the bureau’s iconic aircraft was the MiG-25 “Foxbat.” This bird was conceived in the late 1950s as a response to the U-2 spy plane. Moscow was ...
The MiG-27 was designed from the MiG-23 as a ground attack aircraft. The MiG-25 was designed as a response to the American XB-70 Valkyrie bomber and remains the world's fastest combat fighter. The MiG ...
Soviet aircraft designer Artem Mikoyan, one of the founders of the Mikoyan military aircraft design bureau later transformed into Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG, was born on August 5, 1905.
MOSCOW, June 11. /TASS/. Russia’s air defenses downed a Mikoyan MiG-29 and a Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft in the past day, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said on ...