Why not,” Viktor Belenko quipped years later, recalling the day he rolled the dice on a Cold War escape that would upend ...

The MiG-25 Foxbat: How a Soviet Pilot’s Defection Exposed a ‘Paper Tiger. As the war in Ukraine grinds on, it’s not without its share of drama. At the end of the summer in 2023, ...

The MiG-25 Foxbat had up to four air-to-air missiles at its disposal, two radar-guided AA-6 and two R-40T that were infrared-guided weapons. The MiG-31 Foxhound can accommodate more weapons, ...

The MiG-25 was a magnificent aircraft in many ways, capable of flying in excess of Mach 3 and at altitudes few aircraft could reach. The formidable performance parameters of the Foxbat were soon ...

For years, the MiG-25 Foxbat remained the most feared fighter in the Soviet arsenal. Then a Russian pilot stole one. On September 6, 1976, ...

The MiG-25 (NATO reporting name: Foxbat) was one of the most awesome, yet most misunderstood, fighters of the Cold War.Envisioned as an interceptor designed to destroy U.S. supersonic bombers and ...

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 ...

In 'MiG-25 Foxbat, MiG-31 Foxhound: Russia's Defensive Front Line' Gordon writes: “The MiG-25RB (reconnaissance/strike version) and its versions were popular with their crews due to their ...

They included: speed record on a 1,000 km circuit by chief MiG test pilot Alexander Fedotov: 2319,12 km/h on Mar. 16, 1965; the Foxbat broke several time-to-height records, for example climbing to ...

This Syrian MiG-25 Foxbat photo from the February 10, 2018 Russian news article shows a missile equipped aircraft with an open cockpit. The photo dates back to several years ago though.

The MiG 25 that had hit Mach 3.2 near Israel destroyed its own engines. In the end, t he Foxbat turned out to be a paper tiger. It was shipped back to the Soviets, and Blenko was allowed to become ...