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MiG-21: The Supersonic Paradox Of The Cold War's Most Produced Fighter And Its 'Flying Coffin' Legacy
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, the Cold War's defining fighter aircraft and the workhorse for air forces on four continents, sits today at a complicated juncture, its legendary status now inextricably ...
Meet the MiG-29K: Mikoyan Gurevich is one of the premier aircraft designers of Russia and the former Soviet Union. Its storied history includes some impressive aircraft such as the MiG-15, one of the ...
The only sin the Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-19 (NATO Codename: Fargo) ever committed was being built in the wrong place at the wrong time. Too close to the MiG-17 to stand out on its own and too close to ...
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Today in Aviation History: Record Braking Flight of The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F Interceptor
On this day in aviation history, April 28, 1961, the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F soared into history when test pilot Colonel Georgy Mosolov took it to a record-breaking altitude of 113,891 feet., ...
As noted by military aviation expert Stephan Wilkinson, “The Soviets hated [the name], just as they hated Fagot, Faithless, Frogfoot and other Western names for their fighters. The MiG-21 had no ...
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