One would down an F/A-18 from an Iraqi MiG-25 in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, with a second one causing damage to a USAF F-15 jet later that same year. The Foxbat's radar system was also severely ...

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25, known by its NATO reporting name “Foxbat,” is one of the most iconic aircraft of the Cold War era. Designed by the Soviet Union’s Mikoyan-Gurevich bureau, the ...

Since it first appeared in grainy black and white spy photos in the late 1960’s and early ‘70’s the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (NATO reporting name “Foxbat”) has been an enigma.

Mikoyan-Gurevich equipped the MiG-25 with radar systems that could identify targets from long range. They further armed the bird with R-4 air-to-air missiles.

When the USSR debuted the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 “Foxbat” in the 1960s, U.S. officials were extremely wary of the fighter’s alleged prowess. The Foxbat, ...

Active MiG aircraft: 18 Variants: MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-25 Total military aircraft: 132 Military strength score: 1.4449 – #79 out of 145 18. Sudan ...

Some of the Indian Air Force’s last Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 fighter jets have silently bid adieu to their home base at Suratgarh in Rajasthan and been relocated by IAF to the sprawling Nal ...

The MiG series originally began with the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union in the 1940s. These jets improved by leaps and bounds in the coming decades and would prove formidable ...

Russia sits with the most at 275 MiG-29s. There are 240 actively used by its Air Force and 13 used for training, though this number also includes the MiG-35, an advanced variant of the MiG-29.It's ...