Viktor Belenko Viktor Belenko, the former Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot who defected to the West in 1976 in a… Read More
No Iraqi Air Force opposition during Operation Iraqi Freedom. On Mar. 20, 2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) began with preemptive… Read More
The cover artwork of the novel Firefox by Craig Thomas depicted a MiG-25, and the plane was described similarly to… Read More
For Senior Lieutenant Viktor Belenko’s defecting MiG-25 Foxbat reaching Japan proved to be the easy part, as touching down on… Read More
The Soviets did not have the technology to make blades that could tolerate as high temperatures as the J58 turbine.… Read More
Soviet Lt. Viktor Belenko became an instant celebrity when he successfully defected to the West by flying his Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25… Read More
The MiG-25 (NATO reporting name “Foxbat”) could outrun any fighter in the air, and indeed any military aircraft other than… Read More
The design of the MiG-25 was directed entirely at achieving high speed and high altitude. Conceived to intercept the North… Read More
“When United States and coalition forces invaded Iraq in 2003 [during Operation Iraqi Freedom], they faced no Iraqi Air Force… Read More
During the I Karabakh War both sides were claiming a lots of 'MiG-25s' as shot down - almost all by… Read More
In total at domestic aircraft building plants there have been manufactured about 45000 aircraft of "MiG" brand, from which 11000… Read More
‘As we came down the ladder, we were given the news that the war had ended minutes ago. I muttered… Read More
The available technology and know-how just couldn’t keep up: by the time the MiG-23 ‘had to enter series production’, it… Read More
The huge 1974 arms deal between Tripoli and Moscow resulted in several – outright ‘nightmarish’ – experiences with Soviet arms.… Read More
Having signed contract in 1978, Algeria was the first export customer for MiG-25 Foxbat. MiG-25PDS’are still operational today. Algeria was… Read More
'I looked at him more closely and saw that he had two missile pylons under each wing. Now I knew… Read More
The MiG-25 was of special importance to the Soviet air defence, since (until the MiG-31 entered service) it was the… Read More
