All rights reserved.Kit 5860 - Page 12 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG 25 (NATO reporting name, Foxbat) is a high-supersonic interceptor and reconnaissance/bomber aircraft. The MiG 25's first flight as a prototype was in 1964 and entered service in 1970. With a top speed of mach 2.83+, a ...
The MiG-25P ("Foxbat-A") was the initial single-seat, all-weather interceptor to see service. Power was supplied by a pair of Tumansky R-15B-300 afterburning turbojet engines delivering 16,524lbf thrust each and 22,494lbg thrust each with afterburner. Maximum speed w...
We got our first close look at the Foxbat in 1976, when Victor Belenko flew his MiG-25 to Japan and defected. The Russians eventually got it back - in pieces. That's when we realized we had all wrong. The Foxbat is terribly heavy and in addition is only stressed for 4 G's compared...