The Soviet MiG-25 "Foxbat" was a high-speed interceptor designed to counter U.S. spy planes like the U-2 and SR-71. With ...

The defection of Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko in 1976 revealed critical insights into the capabilities of the feared MiG-25 ...

From the years when it was operational to today, the SR-71 Blackbird has retained the title of the fastest aircraft ever made ...

A fully fueled MiG-25 weighed 64,000 pounds ... Its Mach 3.2 airspeed was actually only Mach 2.83, any higher, and the engines would come apart. To add insult to injury, tactics and strategy ...

Below is a shot of the engine's afterburners in action. Source: Globalsecurity.org. The MiG-31 needs about 3,900 feet to take off. Source: Globalsecurity.org. Unlike the MiG-25, it has a backseat ...

There are multiple countries that fly the MiG-29, MiG-25, and even the MiG-31 ... The F-5 Tiger, a twin-engine, single-seat fighter jet, took its maiden flight in 1963 from Edwards Air Force ...

As the Cold War intensified, the MiG-23 and MiG-25 were introduced. Developed in the 1970s, the MiG-29 was meant primarily to counter the U.S. F-16 and still remains in service across multiple air ...

An RS-25 engine throttled up to 113 percent of rated power for the first time in a milestone test-firing on Wednesday. Development Engine 0528 (E0528) was hot fired for about four minutes in the ...

This is the second accident involving a MiG-29 to take place this year as an aircraft was lost in September near Barmer in ...

The four RS-25 engines from Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully propelled the Core Stage, Interim Cryogenic Propulsion System, and Orion/Service Module stack into its initial Earth orbit during the ...

Since the MiG-29s began entering Indian service in 1986, there have been 25 known crashes and major incidents — including ...