On a spring night in 1989, Soviet fighter pilot Aleksandr Zuyev staged one of the Cold War’s boldest defections—stealing a ...

The Mikoyan MiG-29 twin-engine fighter was designed for the Soviet Air Force during the Cold War. Azerbaijan may be retiring some of its older Soviet-era aircraft, but these jets are not headed to the ...

A MiG-29 on a roadway. A rare photo of a Ukrainian air force MiG-29 fighter reveals how so many the air force’s older jets have managed to survive for 37 months despite Russia having more and newer ...

What You Need to Know: In the 1990s, the U.S. acquired 21 MiG-29 fighters from Moldova to prevent their sale to Iran and to study advanced Soviet aviation technology. The MiG-29, known as the Fulcrum, ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to sign a deal to sell 50 new jet engines to Iran for the Islamic Republic's air force during his visit to Tehran, a Russian newspaper ...

Russian forces shot down two Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jets in the past day, Moscow's Defense Ministry said on Sunday, shortly after Kyiv reported a string of enemy aircraft losses over the war-torn ...

MiG‑29 Fulcrum – born with Mach 2 speed and iron discipline – swept into service as the Soviet answer to the F‑16 – its twin RD‑33 engines roared through dogfights at unheard-of agility – but it was ...

HAL aims to raise output from the current ceiling of 24 aircraft a year to 30 by the end of 2027, according to a source at the defence public-sector undertaking.

Similarly to other weapons, the 250 kg AASM munition is carried by a custom made pylon under the MiG-29’s innermost wing attachment point. After images and videos earlier this year showed the ...

“Russian MiG-29 fighter jets have arrived in Iran and are stationed in Shiraz, while Sukhoi Su-35 jets are also on the way,” Zohrevand said. He added that China ’s HQ-9 air defense system and Russia ...