The Russian military would always have a problem after the Cold War ended. When the Soviet system fell apart, numerous ...

Even with the delivery of F-16s and Mirage 2000s, MiG-29 planes remain the backbone of the Ukrainian air force, thanks mainly to experienced combat pilots like "Denfix." Here’s a look at the tasks ...

“You’re damned right it was intimidating,” says retired Air Force Lieutenant General Charles “Chick” Cleveland, remembering his first encounter with a MiG-15. He was flying a Sabre with ...

A Polish air force MiG-29 rests in the shadows.This year the Polish air force is upgrading the avionics in half of its 31 MiG‑29s. The MiG-29 Fulcrum outside the National Air and Space ...

Gen. John Vogt Jr., commander of Air Forces in Vietnam/Thailand, canceled the day’s 150-plane strike mission to Hanoi and dedicated the more than 150 aircraft to rescuing Locher. Despite a record 23 ...

Bulgaria has received the first of 16 new F-16 military jets from the United States that the Balkan country needs to upgrade its defense and bring its air force in line with NATO standards ...

Unlike NASA’s space shuttle, fundamentally built for scientific rather than military purposes, the MiG-105 Spiral was envisioned as a compact, agile system—more akin to a space fighter than a ...

To Russian commanders in Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine, a defunct air defense command bunker—once associated with a Ukrainian air force S-300 missile battery—may have seemed like a safe ...

The skies roared over Barksdale Airforce Base Thursday as the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds arrived ... and take to the skies like the famous MiG-17. "Two years ago, we debuted three MiG-17's ...

MiG-29s take part in air force drills All bases and units of the Bangladesh Air Force have started simultaneous winter exercises on Sunday, Mar 6, 2022. This year’s exercises have been named ...