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Discover the history of the Sukhoi Su-9 "Fishpot," the Soviet Union's high-speed Cold War interceptor that first flew on June ...
Why not,” Viktor Belenko quipped years later, recalling the day he rolled the dice on a Cold War escape that would upend decades of Western military anxiety. On September 6, 1976, the 29-year-old ...
The MiG was tested to find out how it performed in comparison with the U.S. frontline fighter, the North American F-86 Sabre, which in the film joins up with Yeager for part of the flight.
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First-generation fighters like the MiG-15 were advanced for their time, but compared to today's fighters, they look as rudimentary as a World War I-era biplane. MiG upped its game by delivering a ...
On paper, the fastest fighter jet of 2025 is the Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-25, which sets a pace of Mach 2.83. It is followed by its sistership, the MiG-31. But both these types are almost obsolete, with ...
Russia sits with the most at 275 MiG-29s. There are 240 actively used by its Air Force and 13 used for training, though this number also includes the MiG-35, an advanced variant of the MiG-29.
For propulsion, the MiG-29 relies on two Klimov RD-33 turbofan engines, capable of providing 11,200 pounds of thrust when dry, or 18.300 pounds of thrust when operated with afterburner.
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 known to NATO as the ‘Flogger’ first flew in 1967, and by the time production ended in 1985, over 5,000 had been produced. For most of its service life it was the chief ...
Developed by the Soviet Union in the 1950s, the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 quickly became a symbol of advanced aerial warfare technology. A successor to the famous MiG-15, the aircraft was flown ...