The Foxbats continued to be powered by two R-15B-33 engine-shaft turbojets that allow the airframes to travel roughly 3,000 ...

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 ...

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 ...