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How 2 Russian Pilots Defected with Mach 2.83 MiG-25 and Mach 2.3 MiG-29 Fighters

During the Cold War, two Soviet pilots handed the West priceless insights by flying their jets to freedom. In 1976, Viktor ...
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Mach 3.2 MiG-25 ‘Foxbat’ Fighter Has A Message for the U.S. Air Force

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

MiG-25 Foxbat: Russia’s Mach 2.83 Fighter Looks Like a Big Failure

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 ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Viktor Belenko, Soviet Defector Who Hijacked MiG-25 To Japan In 1976, Dies In U.S.

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 ...
The National Interest

These Popular Soviet-era Fighters Used to Give NATO Nightmares

The most infamous Soviet-era fighters are arguably the Sukhoi Su-27 and the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 and MiG-25. Russia’s stockpile of Soviet-designed weaponry and military systems continues to make ...
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Remember When an F-15 Outpaced the Saturn V Rocket Just To Beat a Soviet MiG-25

The F-15 twin-engine, high-performance, all-weather air superiority fighter became operational in November 1974 as the first aircraft in the US Military arsenal that could accelerate in a vertical ...