Meet the MiG 1.44 Fighter That Failed for Russia: In the 1982 techno-thriller "Firefox," the main character, played by Clint Eastwood, is secretly inserted into the USSR with a false identity in an ...

We all have been waiting for this flight for so long, but it went through as an everyday event, remembered MiG chief test pilot Vladimir Gorbunov following the MiG 1.44’s first flight in 2000. His ...

When talking about fighter jets, the most common names that come to mind include popular American F-series planes such as the F-22 Raptor, the F-35 Lightning II, and the F-18 Super Hornet. These ...

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This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. India has the largest fleet of MiG fighter jets outside ...

Americans are accustomed to calling military aircraft by a name other than the F-22 or F35, so those jets are commonly referred to as the Raptor or Lightning II. Not every world power follows this ...

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 ...

India has retired its last fleet of MiG-21 fighter jets, closing a six-decade chapter with an aircraft once hailed for its ...

For a quarter of a century, much of the news about the Indian Air Force (IAF) has been about the abysmal flight safety record of its premier fighter – the redoubtable MiG-21. On September 26, after ...

NEW DELHI — India retired its last fleet of Soviet-era MiG-21 fighter jets Friday, ending more than six decades of service with an aircraft once celebrated for its combat prowess but later derided as ...