The MiG-31 entered service in 1981 to guard Soviet airspace against American bombers. Rather than retire it after the Cold ...

Russia’s MiG-31 Foxhound: How a Cold War Icon Still Holds Power Described as the “fastest operational combat aircraft in the world,” the Mikoyan MiG-31 (NATO reporting name Foxhound) has been in ...

Summary and What You Need to Know: The Mikoyan MiG-31 “Foxhound” is a supersonic interceptor that replaced the flawed MiG-25 “Foxbat.” Developed in the 1970s, the MiG-31 was designed to address the ...

In a move that could tip the balance of the Ukrainian conflict in favor of the Russian-backed separatists, Russia is sending a unit of advanced interceptor fighters to an airbase close to the ...

The MiG-31 Foxhound was built to defend the vast Soviet airspace against cruise missiles, bombers, spy planes, and other threats that older interceptors could no longer handle. With massive engines, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MIG-31 Fire crash A video posted to Telegram shows a Russian Air Force MiG-31 "Foxhound" trailing fire before crashing in an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MIG-31 fire crash Details remain limited at this time, but a Russian MiG-31 Foxhound interceptor crashed in the country’s northern ...

The fiery demise of a Ukrainian Su-24 fighter, a fallout of battle against Putin's men. Russian Armed Forces' MiG-31 Foxhound destroyed Ukrainian fighter aircraft. MiG-31 intercepts targets at long ...

Russia is hoping to start developing a replacement for the Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound interceptor starting in 2017 according to state media outlet RIA Novosti. “From 2017 we will start working on a new ...