The MiG-21 was Russia's first operational jet fighter capable of flying that fast in combat. It first flew in 1955, more than doubling the power of the MiG-15 with a Tumansky R-11F2-300 engine ...

"We're in desperate need of modern weaponry," pleads the MiG-29 pilot. He also insists that ... to the preliminary versions of the American F-15 and F-16 fighters. The MiG-29s are designed ...