Key Points and Summary - The Mikoyan MiG-31 "Foxhound" is a Cold War-era supersonic interceptor that has found a deadly new purpose in Russia's war on Ukraine. -Originally designed to hunt U.S.

Key point: The MiG-31 was great for patrolling Russia’s vast airspace. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union’ s Air Defense Forces (VPVO) needed a series of heavy interceptors to patrol its massive ...

The American B-52 bomber and A-10 attack plane tend to be the most used examples of warplanes that defy aging, with careers lasting five or six decades. Keep in mind, though, the Warthog and the ...

It probably won't come as much of a surprise to learn that speed is one of the key factors in designing fighter, attack, and interceptor aircraft. These military machines are used to fly out and ...

The MiG-31 Foxhound is one of Russia’s most unique combat aircraft, built not for dogfights but for long-range interception ...

The MiG-31 and MiG-35 are Russian multirole fighters introduced in wildly different eras. The MiG-31 is a Soviet-era fighter that first flew for the U.S.S.R. in 1981, so it's been around for close to ...

Interesting video from a Foxhound during a close encounter with an F-16. The video below was filmed from the cockpit of a MiG-31 escorting a Russian Tu-95MS as what appears to be a Royal Norwegian Air ...

It’s no secret the Russian air force has failed to achieve air superiority in the sky over Ukraine. Hamstrung by inflexible procedures, desperately short of precision weaponry and battered by stiff ...