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 huge get. Here's what happened.

On a fateful day in September 1976, Soviet pilot Lieutenant Viktor Belenko made a daring move that would alter the course of ...

Key Points and Summary - A triple MiG-31 incursion into Estonian airspace rattled NATO capitals and revived a key question: why is Russia’s 1980s Foxhound still frontline? -Unlike the MiG-25 it ...

In the late 1960s, the USSR debuted what appeared to be the world’s deadliest fighter. The MiG-25 (NATO term “Foxbat”) could outrun any fighter in the air, and indeed any military aircraft other than ...

The Soviet Mikoyan MiG-25 was one of the fastest aircraft ever developed. A Cold War interceptor, the Foxbat as it was called, could fly at speeds of Mach 3+ and was designed to quickly intercept ...

July 6, 2025: Russian Aerospace forces currently have about 3,600 aircraft. Most of these aircraft are obsolete or no longer manufactured. The enormous Russian Defense production complex has been busy ...

Despite its age, Moscow intends for the MiG-31 to serve until at least 2030. Western media keeps getting the Russia narrative wrong. For years, American and European audiences have been told by their ...

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Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko, who hijacked a MiG-25 military jet to Japan in September 1976, has died in the United States at the age of 76. The New York Times quoted Belenko's son on November 20 as ...