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The Mikoyan MiG-31 (Russian: Микоян МиГ-31; NATO reporting name: Foxhound) is a supersonic interceptor aircraft developed for the Soviet Air Forces by the Mikoyan design bureau as a replacement for the earlier MiG-25 "Foxbat"; the MiG-31 is based on and shares design elements with the MiG-25.
Improved variant of MiG-29 and MiG-33 MiG-31: Foxhound 1975 Production Interceptor, based on the MiG-25 MiG-33: 1980 Prototype Eventually delivered as MiG-29, designation also used for development of some MiG-29 variants and marketed as "Super Fulcrum" MiG-35: Fulcrum-F 2007 Production Air superiority and multi-role fighter, based on the MiG-29 ...
The MiG-31 Foxhound was already in development at the time of Belenko's defection and had first flown in September 1975. Belenko was aware of the "Super Foxbat" and informed the US after his defection. The MiG-31 was to gradually replace the MiG-25 in Soviet and later in Russian service.
Mikoyan was established on 8 December 1939 as the Pilot Design Department of the Aviation Plant #1 and headed by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich. It was later renamed "Experimental Design Bureau named after A.I. Mikoyan" otherwise known as the Mikoyan Design Bureau or Mikoyan OKB. [5] In 1964 Gurevich retired, and Mikoyan died in 1970.
In 1984, the regiment was reequipped with the Mikoyan MiG-31. In November 1990, the regiment was equipped with 38 MiG-31s, according to Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe data. In May 1998, the regiment became part of the 5th Air and Air Defense Forces Army. In 2000, the regiment had 31 MiG-31s and 2 MiG-25s, according to CFE treaty ...
MiG MFI project 1.44/1.42: Flipper: Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-150: Flogger: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 and MiG-27: Flora: Yakovlev Yak-23: Flounder: Xian JH-7: Forger: Yakovlev Yak-38: Foxbat: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25: Foxhound: Mikoyan MiG-31 [10] Frank: Yakovlev Yak-9: Fred: Bell P-63 Kingcobra: Freehand: Yakovlev Yak-36: Freestyle: Yakovlev Yak-41/Yak ...
The aircraft was to be powered by one or two non-afterburning engines, and payload was to be stored within two large internal bays. Yakovlev and Mikoyan's design were based on their modified trainer models, the Yak-133 and the MiG-AC, respectively. The Yak-133 was a modification of the Yak-130, and the MiG-AC was a modification of the MiG-AT ...
The PVO inventory of 1991 was: [31] 2,370 interceptors 500 Sukhoi Su-15 890 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 480 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 230 Sukhoi Su-27 270 Mikoyan MiG-31 600 trainers 200 Aero L-29 Delfín 400 Aero L-39 Albatros In storage 100 Tupolev Tu-128 AWACS aircraft 15 Beriev A-50 Mainstay. Surface-to-air missiles in service in 1990 included ...