Viktor Belenko, a Soviet pilot, defected to the West in 1976 by flying his MiG-25 Foxbat to Japan, shocking both the Soviet ...

By Randy Malmstrom Since his childhood, Randy Malmstrom has had a passion for aviation history and historic military aircraft ...

The Mikoyan-Gurevich (MiG) series stands as one of the most iconic fighter jets in the world. These were popular among Soviet ...

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

Unlike the MiG-25, it has a backseat for the Weapons Systems Officer to operate the Zaslon radar. The Zaslon S-800 Passive Electronically Scanned Array radar was made to track low flying bombers ...

Measuring 50 feet (15 meters) with a wingspan of 39 feet ... conflicts in the latter half of the 20th century. Heck, the MiG-21 flying coffin is still in service today.

Before Yeager and Air Force test pilots Albert Boyd and H.E. Tom Collins put the MiG-15 through its paces, technicians inspected it for signs of sabotage and determined it was safe. The MiG was ...

is taking a closer look into these countries that still fly MiGs. To identify the countries ... including interception and ground attack. The MiG-15 debuted in 1947 and marked a significant ...

The MiG-23 was supposed to be another feather in MiG’s cap, like the MiG-15 or the MiG-21 before it. But the sweep-wing MiG-23 proved to be a nightmare, with poor handling, poor stability ...

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

a U.S. Navy fighter airplane called the F 9 F Panther confronted the first production Soviet Mig 15's that were being flown in Korea—the two airplanes were flying using essentially the same engine.

An unusual formation flew over Nellis AFB to honor retired U.S. Air Force Col. Gail Peck, "Bandit 1", who passed away ...