The most widely flown Russian aircraft is not actually any single MiG fighter jet The Mi-8/17 series was originally introduced in the 1960s but its newer variants came about in the 1980s, and these ...

During the Cold War, the United States operated a range of Soviet fighter jets procured in secret for an operation known as Project Constant Peg. These fighter jets were used to train American pilots, ...

Key Points and Summary - Born in the late 1970s to counter F-15s and F-16s, the MiG-29 paired agile aerodynamics (LERX, twin tails) and twin RD-33s with IRST, a helmet sight, and the R-73 to dominate ...

"At the beginning of the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese People's Air Force (VPAF) was equipped with slow, old Korean War-generation fighters--a combination of MiG-17s and MiG-19s, types that should have ...

NEW DELHI — India retired its last fleet of Soviet-era MiG-21 fighter jets Friday, ending more than six decades of service with an aircraft once celebrated for its combat prowess but later derided as ...

India has retired its last fleet of MiG-21 fighter jets, closing a six-decade chapter with an aircraft once hailed for its combat prowess but later derided as a “flying coffin” due to frequent crashes ...