India christened the MiG-25 after the Hindu mythological eagle king Garuda and deployed the squadron at an ultra-secret location. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) code-named it Foxbat ...

The MiG-25's avionics included the Smerch-A2 pulse-Doppler radar, which was one of the most advanced radar systems of its time. ... including India, Algeria, and Syria.

PART I: MiG 25: The Fighter who Shot Differently There is an interesting story about one of the missions flown over Pakistan in the late nineties. After the photographic evidence was gathered, the ...

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The MIG 25’s lenses have captured photographs across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and the Line of Actual Control with China that have often changed military thoughts in India since the ...

The MiG 25 also doubled as a second line of combat aircraft. In the 1980s, the IAF inducted 12 MiG 25s from the Soviet Union. Only four remain. On May 1, they will be flown to different airports of ...

Since the MiG-29s began entering Indian service in 1986, there have been 25 known crashes and major incidents, including five involving the Navy’s “K” variant, claiming the lives of nine pilots.

While serving in the USSR’s 513th Fighter Regiment, 11thAir Army in 1976, Belenko flew his MiG-25 Foxbat fighter jet to Japan, where he later successfully defected to the West.

India used the reconnaissance model with great success for 25 years; they were only retired in 2006 because of a lack of spare parts. The fear of the MiG-25 was its most impressive effect, says ...

NEW DELHI, May 1: The Indian Air Force on Monday retired its four aging Mig-25 spy planes and said military satellites will take over the role of the Soviet-era aircraft, local media reported.