MiG-31: Replacing a Flawed Fighter The MiG-25 was a single-seat fighter with impressive speed, altitude, and rate of climb.
The MiG-31 Foxhound was the Soviet Union’s answer to high-speed threats like the SR-71 Blackbird and low-flying cruise missiles. Capable of reaching Mach 2.83, it was one of the fastest combat ...
Source: The National Interest and Globalsecurity.org. There have been multiple accounts of MiG-31 fighters chasing away SR-71s, the legendary high-altitude US spy plane. A Russian pilot claimed he ...
MOSCOW, May 5. /TASS/. Ten MiG-31 fighter jets (NATO reporting name: Foxhound) fitted with the air-launched Kinzhal (Dagger) hypersonic missile are on test combat duty, Russian Deputy Defense ...
TASS/. A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet intercepted a Norwegian P-3C Orion reconnaissance plane over the Barents Sea, Russia’s National Defense Operations Center reported on Monday. Russian airspace ...