Russian Pilot Defected with MiG-25 Foxbat Fighter Jet Viktor Belenko, a Soviet pilot, defected to the West in 1976 by flying ...

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 ...

On November 1, Algeria commemorated the 70th anniversary of its historic revolution with a grand military parade, showcasing ...

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

The Soviet Union continued to invest heavily in the development of capable next-generation fighter and bomber aircraft ...

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 ...

The MiG-31 needs about 3,900 feet to take off. Source: Globalsecurity.org. Unlike the MiG-25, it has a backseat for the Weapons Systems Officer to operate the Zaslon radar. The Zaslon S-800 ...

There are multiple countries that fly the MiG-29, MiG-25, and even the MiG-31. However, no country uses what "Top Gun" called the MiG-28. It doesn't exist. The plane in the '80s flick was a ...

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

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

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

A fully fueled MiG-25 weighed 64,000 pounds, by contrast, the U.S. Navy’s F-18 only weighs 48,000 pounds in the same state. Furthermore, its vaunted airspeed and altitude records were mostly flukes.