Developed during the Cold War, the MiG-29 features advanced weaponry and lightweight construction. -Following the Soviet Union's collapse, the U.S. acquired 21 MiG-29s from Moldova in the 1990s to ...

The MiG-29 was a marvel of Soviet engineering, built to dominate dogfights and support frontline missions. However, poor missile reliability, limited radar capabilities, and evolving warfare needs ...

MOSCOW, July 15. /TASS/. Russian fighter jets shot down two MiG-29 planes of the Ukrainian Air Force in the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman ...

The newspaper also reported that the Russian manufactured 18 MIG-29 are undergoing refurbishing at a cost estimated in 126 million dollars. However this leg of the program is behind schedule since ...

Aircraft designer Ivan Mikoyan, the nephew of the legendary Soviet developer of MiG combat ... Ivan Mikoyan was among the developers of the MiG-29 multi-purpose fighter jet. Up to the end of ...

In fact, stemming back to the Soviet era, realistic stats concerning specs and capabilities of defense platforms were often exaggerated. When the USSR debuted the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 “Foxbat ...

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 ...

On September 24, 1958, the People’s Liberation Army Air Force faced disaster as its J-5 “Fresco” jets, copied Soviet MiG-17s, fought with Taiwanese F-86F Sabres in Wenzhou Bay.