MiG-25 History and Specifications – The MiG-25 Foxbat made her maiden flight on March 6, 1964, and entered into operational service with the Soviet Air Force in 1970. The Foxbat officially had a max ...

MiG-25: The Soviet Speed Demon That Terrified the West When the MiG-25 Foxbat first appeared on Western radar, it sent shockwaves through NATO intelligence. Capable of flying at over Mach 3 and ...

In 1982, Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood produced, directed and starred in the film adaptation of the Craig Thomas novel Firefox, which told the story of an effort to steal the advanced Soviet MiG-31 ...

It probably won't come as much of a surprise to learn that speed is one of the key factors in designing fighter, attack, and interceptor aircraft. These military machines are used to fly out and ...

In 1986, during the height of the Iran-Iraq War, a squadron of Iranian F-5 Tiger II fighters was sent on a mission they were never meant to win - intercepting an Iraqi MiG-25 Foxbat, one of the ...