Russia’s MiG-29 fighter was more than capable of matching America’s F-16 Fighting Falcon and similar aircraft—but the Kremlin ...

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In 1982, Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood produced, directed and starred in the film adaptation of the Craig Thomas novel Firefox, which told the story of an effort to steal the advanced Soviet MiG-31 ...

Summary and Key Points: The MiG-1.44 was Russia’s first attempt at developing a fifth-generation fighter to rival the American F-22 Raptor. Designed by Mikoyan in the 1980s, the MiG-1.44 featured ...

When it comes to Russian combat aircraft, there are two major families: Sukhoi and Mikoyan. Since World War Two, these two aerospace defense giants have been vying for power and influence within the ...

With the Cold War in full swing by 1955, three major world powers were pumping out revolutionary aircraft designs at supersonic speeds. The Soviet Union would introduce the MIG-19 twinjet fighter ...

The MiG-31 and MiG-35 are Russian multirole fighters introduced in wildly different eras. The MiG-31 is a Soviet-era fighter that first flew for the U.S.S.R. in 1981, so it's been around for close to ...