After deploying a few successful aircraft, such as the Mig-19, Mig-21, or Mig-23, the Russian military asked for something more impressive, able to compete against the agile, American weapons, and the ...

Sixteen MiG-29s of the Serbian Air Force opposed NATO’s bombing campaign over Kosovo in 1999. Deployed at medium altitude, where they were exposed to hostile radar, five were shot down by F-15s and ...

In 1997, the U.S. executed a highly effective “covert acquisition” by purchasing Moldova’s entire fleet of 21 MiG-29 fighter ...

Key point: The former communist Moldova needed money and America wanted to get its hands on Russian technology. So a deal was made. When the Soviet Union collapsed in late 1991, the newly independent ...

Key Points and Summary - Following the Soviet Union's collapse, the U.S. feared that Moldova's fleet of nuclear-capable MiG-29C fighter jets would be sold to Iran. -To prevent this, the Clinton ...

Can Soviet-era fighter jets like the one above, the twin-engine MiG-29 Fulcrum, or the bigger one below, the Su-27 Flanker, outperform the newest American design, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter? Yes, ...

A Polish Fulcrum has crashed near Minsk Mazowiecki yesterday. On Mar. 4, 2019, another Polish Air Force MiG-29 jet was lost in a crash near the town of Stoczek. According to the reports, the aircraft ...

GDANSK, Poland—Russia is planning the resumption of trials of the active electronic scanning array (AESA) radar made by Phazotron-NIIR on MiG-29 family fighters. The FGA35 Zhuk-AE radar would be ...

Now's your chance to get your hands on one ofPaul Allen's jets. Tyler Rogoway of The War Zone, an aviation and defense vertical for the Time-owned websiteThe Drive, is reporting Allen's MiG-29 Fulcrum ...

Today, Kirby’s focus has shifted toward following industry news, and he has a sincere passion for one-off and tuned vehicles, car toys (especially LEGO brand,) and anything else even closely related ...