In all fairness, the MiG-15 was not entirely a Soviet creation. The plane had been developed using quite a lot of German technology, to which the Russians had access after defeating the Nazis.

Its storied history includes some impressive aircraft such as the MiG-15, one of the first jet fighters that tangled with American F-86 Sabres in Korea, and the supersonic MiG-21, which was ...

The Cold War set the stage for aerial combat between iconic jet-powered fighter aircraft ... nickname "MiG Alley." The primary Soviet fighter, the Mikoyan and Gurevich (MiG) 15, was a formidable ...

The story behind the original MiG Soviet fighter plane is fascinating and traces back to the early years of the Cold War and the Soviet Union's quest for military superiority in the skies.

Tht means each plane weighed a whopping 64,000 pounds. To lift such a mammoth jet off the ground, MiG-25s required two Tumansky R-15B-300s engines. Though they were large, they were rather ...