There have been a lot of "firsts" in Sioux City's aviation history. This week, a rare Russian fighter jet touched down here ...

The Yak-40 flying laboratory, operated by the Siberian Aeronautical Research Institute (SibNIA) and named after S.A.

Innovation in the Soviet aerospace industry thrived not in the centralized hubs of Moscow, but “far away from us,” in the provinces. -The USSR’s most powerful and reliable jet engine, the D-30F6 that ...

MiG-31 jets fly over Red Square during the Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9, 2018. A MiG-31 is reported to have crashed into the Pacific Ocean. YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images ...

MiG-29K: Design and Development The race was on in the 50s, 60s, and 70s as the U.S. and USSR sought to exploit technology to build faster and faster interceptor aircraft.

The aircraft’s engines can produce approximately 37,000 lbs of thrust. The MiG-29K can reach speeds of up to 1,500 miles and has an operational range of approximately 950 miles.

Ukraine destroyed a Russian MiG-31 jet and two cargo planes in an attack on a military airfield deep inside Russia earlier this month, according to Ukrainian media. A further five Russian aircraft ...

24/7 Wall St. Insights: The most widely flown Russian aircraft is not actually any single MiG fighter jet, instead it’s the Mi-8/17/171 Hip-H family of helicopters The Mi-8 series was originally ...

A Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum was given a shark mouth, a type of nose art often applied to aircraft flying in the SEAD role. Some interesting images first shared online on Jan. 23, 2024, by ...

24/7 Wall St. Insights: India has the largest fleet of MiG fighter jets outside of Russia Through constant upgrades and innovation MiGs have remained relevant since their beginning in the 1940s ...