Key Points and Summary - Conceived as a lighter, cheaper counterpart to the Su-27 and a foil to America’s F-16, Mikoyan’s MiG-29 was built for short-to-medium-range fights from austere strips. -Agile, ...

Key Points and Summary - Born in the late 1970s to counter F-15s and F-16s, the MiG-29 paired agile aerodynamics (LERX, twin tails) and twin RD-33s with IRST, a helmet sight, and the R-73 to dominate ...

Iraq’s invasion of its neighbor Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990, caused an international coalition to respond with Operation Desert Shield, eventually culminating in the Coalition forces taking control of the ...

The National Air and Space Museum will welcome a McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle, the first of its kind to be accessioned into the Smithsonian collection. The F-15C Eagle is one of the most historically ...