Russia's MiG-27 Flogger Fighter, the Details I sometimes have trouble keeping Soviet aircraft straight. Whereas American aircraft, to my eye, look distinct from one to the next, there is something ...

Ukraine is using US-made GBU-39 bombs on its Soviet-era MiG-29 fighters to confront Russia, pushing the US to produce more ...

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 ...

One of the most significant moments in this ongoing quest came when the U.S. acquired the MiG-29 Fulcrum, a twin-engine ...

Instead where we see this [espionage] material radically transform Soviet military aviation is in the next generation of Mig aircraft, the Mig 19. The Mig 19 is the first Soviet supersonic jet ...

A motorcycle rider in India received a horrible surprise when he was struck by debris from a crashing MiG-27. Amazingly, the guy got away with relatively minor injuries, and the jet's pilot ...

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 ...

Firearms experts pointed out some of the features in the grainy photo, suggesting that the rifle is actually a Soviet cousin of the AK, the SKS. It was designed in the 1940s by another famous ...

The Mikoyan MiG-27 “Flogger,” a variant of the MiG-23, was a Soviet ground-attack aircraft featuring a unique design with variable sweep wings for versatility in speed and control. Summary and ...