The Cold War set the stage for aerial combat between iconic jet-powered fighter aircraft. By the early 1950s, the world's superpowers' first generation of jet fighters were ready for battle. They just ...

I know, the way MiGs are behaving in the skies over and bordering Ukraine these days might make this topic a sensitive pill to swallow. But you have to admit, given the fighter plane family's history ...

On 1, 1950, Soviet-flown MiG-15s shot down American P-51s over Korea, ending U.S. air dominance overnight. Their swept-wing design stunned the West and forced the U.S. to rush its new F-86 Sabres into ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Dildy and Thompson calculate 224 Sabres lost, of which about a hundred were the result of aerial combat. They estimate that 566 MiG-15s were destroyed ...

Algeria and Egypt dominate the North African region in terms of air power The MiG-29 Fulcrum is the most widely used MiG by both of the countries The MiG-29 can hit speeds over Mach 2.25 or 1,500 mph ...

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 ...

The MiG-29 was one of the most ambitious Soviet fighters ever built, combining advanced agility with new targeting systems, all meant to outperform NATO aircraft in close combat. But despite its ...

India's naval LCA conducting its maiden landing on INS Vikrant . (Ministry of Defence, India) India has marked another milestone in its effort to operationalise the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant with ...