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 ...
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 ...
The Soviet MiG-25, which was first introduced in 1970, was built as a supersonic interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft. Due to the aircraft's large wings, the US assumed it was a highly ...
Soviet aircraft designer Artem Mikoyan, one of the founders of the Mikoyan military aircraft design bureau later transformed into Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG, was born on August 5, 1905.
Originally acquired during the 1970s under the Shah of Iran to counter Soviet MiG-25 incursions, Iran's fleet of Tomcats survived the Islamic Revolution. F-14 Tomcat and Iran Ties: The F-14 Tomcat ...