A Slovak MiG-29 in 2014. Slovakia again has pledged to Ukraine all 11 of its old Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters. The country recently placed the jets into storage in anticipation of just such a transfer.

The Mikoyan MiG-29 twin-engine fighter was designed for the Soviet Air Force during the Cold War. Azerbaijan may be retiring some of its older Soviet-era aircraft, but these jets are not headed to the ...

Slovakia has completed deliveries of its surplus Mikoyan MiG-29 combat aircraft to Ukraine, the country’s defense ministry has confirmed. In late March, Slovakia became the first country to declare it ...

The Russian navy embarks its new Mikoyan MiG-29KR fighters aboard its sole aircraft carrier, the aged—and unreliable—Admiral Kuznetsov. But the rickety Kuznetsov has been in overhaul since 2017. The ...

The Cold War was a significant era that came off the heels of World War II and almost immediately turned allies into acquaintances kept at arms-length, gradually devolving into rivals. Every country ...

Poland will send four operational Mikoyan MiG-29s to the Ukrainian Air force in the “coming days” and possibly the rest of its Soviet-era Fulcrum fleet as they are restored to combat service condition ...

MIG-29 fighter jets of the Polish Air Force take part in a NATO exercise in October 2022. Slovakia, which also still owns old stocks of the Soviet-era warplane, is considering giving some to Ukraine. ...

What You Need to Know: In the 1990s, the U.S. acquired 21 MiG-29 fighters from Moldova to prevent their sale to Iran and to study advanced Soviet aviation technology. The MiG-29, known as the Fulcrum, ...

MIG-29 fighter jets of the Polish Air Force take part in a NATO exercise in October 2022. (Photo by Omar Marques/Getty Images) WARSAW, Poland — Polish President Andrzej Duda has declared that Poland ...

New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): Indian Air Force Chief, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh on Thursday flew a solo sortie of the MiG-29 UPG multi-role aircraft in a forward operational base in ...

Is there anything more time-honored in military aviation circles than poking fun at post-Soviet Russian jet fighters? It's like as soon as the hammer and sickle flag descended from the Kremlin, never ...