National Security Journal on MSN

How 2 Russian Pilots Defected with Mach 2.83 MiG-25 and Mach 2.3 MiG-29 Fighters

During the Cold War, two Soviet pilots handed the West priceless insights by flying their jets to freedom. In 1976, Viktor ...
National Security Journal on MSN

A Russian Air Force Pilot Defected with a Mach 2.3 MiG-29 Fulcrum Fighter Jet

Key Points and Summary – The 1989 defection of Soviet pilot Aleksandr Zuyev provided the West with a “windfall” of critical ...

Russia says it foiled Ukrainian-British plot to steal a MiG-31 jet, state media reports

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had foiled a plot by Ukrainian and British spies to tempt Russian pilots to ...
The Week

Decommissioned MiG-21 fighter jets to fly again? Why is IAF bringing these aircraft back from retirement?

The iconic MiG-21 fighter jets, which were officially retired on September 26 after serving the Indian Air Force (IAF) for ...

Russia says foiled spy plot to steal MiG-31 jet armed with hypersonic missile

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had foiled a plot by Ukrainian and British spies to tempt Russian pilots to ...

The FSB disrupted a Ukrainian-British operation to hijack a MIG-31 fighter jet

The Russian Federal Security Service has thwarted an attempt by Ukrainian military intelligence with the support of British intelligence agencies to hijack a Russian MiG-31 fighter jet equipped with a ...
Military.com

Why America’s Air-to-Air Kill Ratio Dropped So Much During the Vietnam War

American airpower was supposed to be untouchable in Vietnam. Instead, U.S. pilots found themselves struggling against smaller ...
Japan Today

Russia says it foiled Ukrainian-British plot to steal MiG-31 jet, state media reports

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had foiled a plot by Ukrainian and British spies to tempt Russian pilots to steal a MiG-31 jet armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile for $3 million, ...