So, the MiG-25 was designed to address this need. Entering service in 1970, possessing a top speed of Mach 2.83, equipped with powerful radar, and carrying up to four air-to-air missiles, this ...

Built for speed, the MiG-25 Foxbat became one of the Cold War’s most feared interceptors. With a top speed over Mach 3 and ...

The Soviet Union's MiG-25 was a big, scary, high-speed fighter. That is, until Western governments got their hands on it, thanks to Soviet Flight Lieutenant Viktor Ivanovich Belenko. This post is ...

MOSCOW, October 28. /TASS/. Russian air defense forces downed a Ukrainian Su-25 fighter jet and a MiG-29 fighter over the past day, according to the Russian Defense Ministry’s report.

Perhaps a little too ready, as Viktor Belenko, a Russian defector, stole a MiG-25 and told U.S. Intelligence about the story they missed. There was a time when the Americans ruled the skies with ...