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 ...

What You Need to Know: The Russian MiG-31 Foxhound, known for its remarkable speed of Mach 2.83, remains a critical asset in Russia's aerial fleet even after four ...

Only some fighter jets have unique engines found in no other fighter jets; the Dassault Rafale with its Snecma M88 ...

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 was able to lock his missiles onto an SR-71 during ...

Stretching back to WWII, the history of Russian jet development is intertwined with that of the United States. Here are the ...

MOSCOW, May 26. /TASS/. A Russian MiG-31 jet was scrambled to intercept a Norwegian Air Force P-3C Orion maritime patrol plane over the Barents Sea, the Northern Fleet’s press office reported on ...

TASS/. MiG-31 fighters of the Pacific Fleet’s naval aviation held a dogfight with a notional intruder in the stratosphere during drills over the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East ...

Summary and Key Points: The MiG-31 “Foxhound,” developed from the MiG-25 “Foxbat,” entered service in 1981 as an advanced Soviet interceptor. While retaining the MiG-25’s high-speed ...

The Soviet Union's MiG-25 was a big, scary, high-speed fighter. That is, until Western governments got their hands on it, thanks to Soviet Flight Lieutenant Viktor Ivanovich Belenko. This post is ...