During the Cold War, military secrets were at a premium, so when a Russian pilot decided to defect with his MiG 25, it was a ...

What You Need to Know: 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 stainless steel construction and Tumansky R-15B-300 ...

Three Russian MiG-31 jets violated Estonian airspace on Friday morning, flying there for 12 minutes. Recent incursions by Russia in NATO airspace are sparking rising tensions. After Russian MiG-31 ...

Mikoyan MiG-25 in flight. - Wikimedia Commons / Rob Schleiffert, resized and cropped, CC BY-SA 2.0. The Cold War was one of the most dangerous periods of recent world history. The United States, the ...