The MiG-25 Foxbat was the USSR’s answer to fast intruders: climb hard, sprint high, and intercept before they reached Soviet ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Envisioned as an interceptor designed to destroy U.S. supersonic bombers and high-flying spy planes, the Foxbat also put its high speed to good use as a ...

What You Need to Know: The defection of Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko in 1976 revealed critical insights into the capabilities of the feared MiG-25 Foxbat, which he flew to Japan. The U.S. and Japanese ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Today, only the Algerian Air Force operates the MiG-25 in any numbers. The MiG-25 (NATO reporting name: Foxbat) was one of the most awesome, yet most misunderstood, ...