The Israel Defense Forces made the announcement after an Iranian YAK-130 jet was shot down over Tehran amid the ongoing war.

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.

Russia’s MiG-29 fighter was more than capable of matching America’s F-16 Fighting Falcon and similar aircraft—but the Kremlin failed to keep it relevant over time. America’s unveiling of ...

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 ...