Stretching back to WWII, the history of Russian jet development is intertwined with that of the United States. Here are the ...

Until a Soviet pilot defected 40 years ago, yesterday. The BBC has the story of Flight Lieutenant Viktor Ivanovich Belenko and the mysterious MiG-25. Belenko, a disillusioned Soviet fighter pilot ...

To compensate for the considerable advantages the F-4 Phantoms had over MiG-21s, the North Vietnamese developed innovative ...

The Soviet fighters undeniably had a ... Immediately, the jets engaged, with F-15 pilot Hehemann firing two missiles at the MiG-25s, one of which missed and the other of which failed to ignite.