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Russian Pilot Defected with Mach 2.3 MiG-29 Fulcrum Fighter Jet: He Drugged His Squadron Mates With Sedative-Laced Cake First

In May 1989, Soviet Air Force Captain Alexander Zuyev defected to NATO by stealing a Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jet. Zuyev was an elite Soviet fighter ace stationed at a Black Sea airbase. He had ...

'Written in our DNA': Polish pilots who remember Soviet rule prepare for America's most lethal fighter jet

Poland expects its first F-35 fighter jets very soon as U.S. and Polish forces train together at a key NATO air base near the ...

An SR-71 pilot recalls the mission where a Soviet MiG-25 got a lock and fired, then the Blackbird’s defenses broke the lock and the missile appeared to “lock on” to ...

An SR-71 pilot recalls the moment a Soviet jet fired a missile, and how speed and countermeasures helped the Blackbird escape.

Nailbiting moment Putin’s reckless fighter pilots fly just 20ft from RAF spy plane – risking WW3 calamity

RECKLESS Russian pilots risked sparking World War Three by flying 20 feet in front of an RAF jet. A pair of Russian fighters came split seconds from disaster as they “repeatedly and dangerously” ...