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When US Navy F-14s outmanoeuvred Gaddafi’s MiG-25s over the Gulf of Sidra
Although MiG-25 Foxbats are not particularly manoeuvrable aircraft, their aggressive manoeuvring during approach, ‘painting’ of US Navy aircraft with their radars, and facing F-14s...
How RAF Tornado F3 crews prepared for Operation Desert Storm
‘Some sorties included highly dynamic dissimilar air combat exercises against the US Marine Corps F/A 18, as it had a similar performance to the...
MiG-25 Vs F-15: Why the Foxbat was faster than the F-15
The design of the MiG-25 was directed entirely at achieving high speed and high altitude.
Originally developed to intercept the North American B-70 Valkyrie,...
How Swedish JA-37 Viggen fighters protected a crippled SR-71 Blackbird from Soviet MiG-25 interceptors
The Legendary Blackbird Program
The Lockheed Blackbird series—comprising the A-12, YF-12, and SR-71 variants—represented the pinnacle of reconnaissance aircraft engineering. These extraordinary black jets operated...
Why Soviets never developed their own SR-71 and the MiG-25 was never as fast as the Blackbird
The Blackbird
The SR-71, commonly referred to as the "Blackbird," is a long-range, advanced strategic reconnaissance aircraft that was developed from the Lockheed A-12 and...