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

The accident-prone North American F-100 Super Sabre broke the sound barrier in 1953, setting the stage for an arms race from ...

Operational History and Future. India ordered MiG-29Ks with the purchase of the Vikramaditya in 2004. In 2009, Russia ordered 24 MiG-29Ks to help replace its aging fleet of Su-33s.. The aircraft ...

MiG-29K: Russia’s Naval Powerhouse Faces Carrier Challenges. When it comes to Russian combat aircraft, there are two major families: Sukhoi and Mikoyan.

Not only was it the engine for the MiG-31, the most important interceptor aircraft in the Soviet armed forces at the time, but it was also the engine selected for the experimental Su-47 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

A Russian MiG-31 jet carrying a Kinzhal missile takes off from the Hemeimeem air base in Syria on June 25, 2021. Ukraine destroyed a MiG-31 and two cargo planes in an attack on an airfield ...

Pakistan, for its part, claims it shot down five planes and at least one drone: three Rafale fighter jets, one MIG-29 fighter aircraft, one Su-30 fighter jet and one Heron drone.