Meet the MiG-29K: Mikoyan Gurevich is one of the premier aircraft designers of Russia and the former Soviet Union. Its storied history includes some impressive aircraft such as the MiG-15, one of the ...

Ukraine destroyed a Russian MiG-31 jet and two cargo planes in an attack on a military airfield deep inside Russia earlier this month, according to Ukrainian media. A further five Russian aircraft ...

The Russian navy embarks its new Mikoyan MiG-29KR fighters aboard its sole aircraft carrier, the aged—and unreliable—Admiral Kuznetsov. But the rickety Kuznetsov has been in overhaul since 2017. The ...

Summary and Key Points: The Mikoyan MiG-27, developed from the MiG-23 fighter, was designed for low-level ground-attack missions with a powerful Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30 23mm six-barrel gun. -While ...

Russian forces shot down two Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jets in the past day, Moscow's Defense Ministry said on Sunday, shortly after Kyiv reported a string of enemy aircraft losses over the war-torn ...

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 ...

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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 ...