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The MiG-31 entered service in 1981 to guard Soviet airspace against American bombers. Rather than retire it after the Cold War, Russia kept rebuilding...
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A Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat fired a Soviet AA-6 air-to-air missile at an SR-71 Blackbird flown by U.S. Air Force Colonel David Cobb near Vladivostok....
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Summary and Key Points: The MiG-25 Foxbat arrived in 1970 wrapped in fear and secrecy, sold as a Soviet air-defense monster built to sprint...
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Key Points and Summary – Born to stop America’s planned XB-70 Valkyrie, the MiG-25 Foxbat evolved into one of the Cold War’s most feared...
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Key Points and Summary – For a decade, the MiG-25 Foxbat haunted Western imagination as a titanium Mach-3 super fighter that could outclass anything...
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Key Points and Summary – The MiG-25 Foxbat was the USSR’s answer to fast intruders: climb hard, sprint high, and intercept before they reached...
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Key Points – On September 6, 1976, Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko defected by flying his advanced MiG-25 “Foxbat” interceptor to a civilian airport in...
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This was a defection from the Soviet Union worthy of a Hollywood movie. It featured a frustrated Russian fighter pilot who turned on his...