Forty-eight years ago today, on October 6, 1975, the Mikoyan MiG-29 took to the skies for the first time. The MiG-29A prototype 9-01, known as "01 Blue," was piloted by Soviet test aviator Alexander ...

Redvanovich, who was 25 years old, served as the commander of the "Ghost of Kyiv" 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade.

U.S. reconnaissance satellites detected the new fighter in November 1977, and NATO gave it the designation “Fulcrum.” Ivan Mikoyan, nephew of Artem Mikoyan and co-designer of the MiG-29, has passed ...

In May 1989, Soviet Air Force Captain Alexander Zuyev defected to NATO by stealing a Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jet. Zuyev was an elite Soviet fighter ace stationed at a Black Sea airbase. He had ...

The Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum was developed during the late Cold War and entered service with the Soviet Union’s Air Force in July 1982, and despite the age the aircraft has remained in service ...

Sure, we’re talking about a Soviet twin-engine jet fighter aircraft that entered service with the Soviet Air Force in 1983, but these puppies still are quite competitive. A little old maybe, but they ...

Russia’s RAC MiG will mark the 35th anniversary of the then Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter’s first flight in early October, but with the company actively pursuing… Russia’s RAC MiG will mark the 35th ...

A Soviet MiG-29 flies over Alaska en route to an air show in 1989. Late in the Cold War, the Russian air force deployed the Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter as a counter to the U.S. Air Force’s nimble F ...

Slovakia has completed deliveries of its surplus Mikoyan MiG-29 combat aircraft to Ukraine, the country’s defense ministry has confirmed. In late March, Slovakia became the first country to declare it ...

Team Wolfpack racecar driver and Ferrari test pilot Josh Cartu flying a Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jet with MiGFlug. From Gumball3000 races Josh is used to high speed and incredible machines. But ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vano Mikoyan, one of the developers of the MiG fighter jets for the Soviet and then Russian air force, has died at the age of 89, aircraft maker MiG said on Friday. Mikoyan is ...