Summary and Key Points: The Mikoyan MiG-27 “Flogger,” a variant of the MiG-23, was a Soviet ground-attack aircraft featuring a unique design with variable-sweep wings for versatility in speed and ...

NEW DELHI—An Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-27 fighter has crashed in the western state of Rajasthan, the latest in a series of similar accidents among the service’s aging fleets. The Mikoyan MiG-27 ...

Russia’s MiG-35, introduced as a modernized “4++ generation” successor to the MiG-29, has largely failed to deliver on its ...

IAF has retired its last “Swing-Wing” fighter. The last Indian Air Force unit to be equipped with the MiG-27, the 29 Squadron / 32nd Wing based at Jodhpur AFS (Air Force Station) bid farewell to the ...

Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport is offering India a Mikoyan MiG-27 Flogger fighter-bomber upgrade featuring a structural life extension, new cockpit and integration of precision-guided ...

RSK MiG has begun talks with the Indian air force on an upgrade programme for its ageing fleet of Mikoyan MiG-27 Flogger fighter-bombers, which is now described by India as a "priority". The Russian ...

Is there anything more time-honored in military aviation circles than poking fun at post-Soviet Russian jet fighters? It's like as soon as the hammer and sickle flag descended from the Kremlin, never ...

On October 6, 1975, the MiG-29 Fulcrum made its first flight. The first prototype is now on display in Monino, Russia.

A Slovak MiG-29 in 2014. Slovakia again has pledged to Ukraine all 11 of its old Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters. The country recently placed the jets into storage in anticipation of just such a transfer.

When the U.S. government got its hands on spy shots of an early prototype of the Russian MiG-25 Foxbat, there was a bit of a panic. The U.S. assumed this massive fighter aircraft they were looking at ...

Based upon a 1977 novel of the same name by Craig Thomas, “Firefox” is a techno-thriller action film produced, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, released in 1982. Most (if not all) the aviation ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The MiG-21 was the Soviet Union's ...