The MiG 1.44 was meant to become Russia’s answer to the F-22, combining supercruise, low observability, heavy missile capacity, and extreme maneuverability in one ambitious next generation fighter.
With its top speed, armament power, stealth, and maneuverability, the F-22 remains one of the world’s best fighters. To commemorate the passing of Col Gail Peck (ret.), the former commander of the ...
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Russia’s MiG-35 fighter will never be an F-22, F-35 or F-15EX Eagle II

Russia’s MiG-35 Fulcrum-F was supposed to be the bridge fighter that carried Moscow’s air force into the stealth era—a Mach 2.25 multi-role workhorse with AESA radar that would dominate Ukraine and ...
The MiG-21 currently serves in eighteen air forces worldwide, including two members of NATO (Romania and Croatia). Fishbeds flew in about forty other air forces (counting is difficult because ...