Though the MiG-31 was not developed for close combat or rapid turning, it was the first soviet fighter aircraft to have true look-down and shoot-down capability, while it could track multiple ...

Source: The National Interest and Globalsecurity.org. There have been multiple accounts of MiG-31 fighters chasing away SR-71s, the legendary high-altitude US spy plane. A Russian pilot claimed he ...

US Air Force B-1B bombers reportedly encountered a Russian MiG-31 fighter jet during a mission over the Barents Sea, as detailed by The Barents Observer. This engagement occurred when the Russians ...

MOSCOW, June 6. /TASS/. A Mikoyan MiG-31 fighter jet has intercepted a P-3C Orion anti-submarine warfare plane of the Norwegian Air Force over the Barents Sea near the Russian border, Russia’s ...

In 2018, the Russian TASS news agency reported that the Ministry of Defense wanted to develop a "long-range interception aircraft" to replace its aging Mig-31 fighter jets. While the details on ...

PERM, August 11. /TASS/. A MiG-31 fighter jet made an emergency landing at Perm’s Bolshoye Savino Airport due to a malfunction, a source in the local emergencies agencies told TASS on Tuesday.