A secret US operation spent months trying to obtain a Soviet MiG-15 during the Korean War. A North Korean defector who never heard of the operation handed them one and was paid $100,000 for it.

Explore the enduring legacy of the MiG-21, from its Cold War origins to its lasting influence on aviation.

On Friday, as the Indian Air Force (IAF) formally retires Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, the legendary warhorse, Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is there to witness the final flight in ...

The most widely flown Russian aircraft is not actually any single MiG fighter jet The Mi-8/17 series was originally introduced in the 1960s but its newer variants came about in the 1980s, and these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Russian MiG-31 fighter-interceptor jet crashed in Lipetsk Oblast while attempting to land, the Russian Defense Ministry said on ...

The MiG-21 currently serves in eighteen air forces worldwide, including two members of NATO (Romania and Croatia). Fishbeds flew in about forty other air forces (counting is difficult because ...

The legendary Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 fighter jets, the backbone of the Indian Air Force's combat fleet for more than six decades, streaked through Indian skies for the last time on Friday — its final ...

The sole S-37 first flew on September 25 1997. Though only one was made, its Batman-like aesthetic earned it a lasting place ...

A newly-formed corporate parent of Sukhoi and MiG will combine both design teams to develop Russia’s next fighter aircraft, a United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) executive said July 16 in an interview with a ...