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Cold War Era / Military Aviation
Soviet Pilot who test flew captured F-5 against MiG-21, MiG-23 explains why the Tiger beat the Fishbed, Flogger in every engagement
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
MiG-25 Vs F-15: Here’s why, although less advanced than the Eagle, the Foxbat was faster than the F-15
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
Tu-160 Blackjack Vs B-1 Lancer: Copy or Not?
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Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The story of the formation of 75 Tu-16 Badger bombers that avoided collision after flying through thick clouds at 990ft during the May Day Parade in Red Square
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Cold War Era / Military Aviation
Israeli Mirage IIIs and Israeli F-4 Phantom IIs Vs Soviet MiG-21s: the day Israeli fighters ambushed Soviet Fishbeds over the Suez Canal
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
The story of the crazy wing-to-wing in-flight refueling procedure of the Soviet Tu-16 Badger medium bomber
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
In Soviet Times the Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber established 78 world records officially recognised by the FAI
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
Soviets never received any (Iranian) Tomcat. But they published this F-14 “booklet” for their top fighter pilots.
Military Aviation
During the I Karabakh War of 1992-1994 both Armenia and Azerbaijan claimed lots of ‘MiG-25’ shot downs. But most of jets were either L-39s or Su-25s
Military Aviation
A quick look at MiG-29’s World Records
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
The Unknown Story of the Soviet MiG-29 Aggressor Unit Tasked to Simulate USAF F-15 Fighters
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Su-27 Pilot remembers Mock Dogfight He Had against NATO F-16s that were trying to Violate Russian Airspace
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety
That time a Soviet Su-27 Flanker Collided with a Norwegian P-3 Orion over the Barents Sea
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
