Egypt has a total of 43 MiG-29s, with 31 designated for active duty and 12 for training. Rounding out the top five is Algeria, which currently has a total of 40 active in its Air Force (including ...

With the afterburner engaged, the Blackbird broke an absolute speed record of 2,193 mph, faster than Mach 3. ... Jets like the MiG-25 and MiG-31 could also hit Mach 3, ...

MiG-31 customers outside of the former Soviet republics have been few and far between. ... Thrust with afterburner: 152 kN (34,172 lbf) each; Armament. 1× GSh-6-23 23 mm cannon with 260 rounds.

And Tuesday night, the Ukrainian army’s ATACMS batteries took aim—targeting Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptors and Sukhoi Su-27 fighters at Belbek air base, just outside Sevastopol in Russian ...

In his latest book, Rolling Thunder 1965-68: Johnson’s Air War Over Vietnam, aviation historian Richard P. Hallion writes of the MiG-17: “ [Its] afterburner-sustained turns in a close-in ...

The MiG-29K/KUB aircraft are designed to operate from aircraft-carriers with a minimum displacement of 28,000t and airfields. The aircraft has a length of 17.3m, the height of 4.4m and a wingspan ...

The Mikoyan Mig-31 is one of the most formidable fighters in the Russian inventory. It’s a large, extremely fast interceptor that can fly at high altitude and almost at three times the speed of ...