Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum
MiG-29 Fulcrum 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons The MiG-29 was designed as a lightweight air superiority fighter to counter the American […]
1960s-1970s: Cold War Speed Race
The raw speed race: Mach 3 interceptors, the SR-71 and MiG-25 staring each other down, variable-sweep wings, and the first supersonic airliners.
Dassault Mirage F1
Dassault Mirage F1 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons The Dassault Mirage F1 broke from the delta-wing tradition of its predecessors with
Panavia Tornado
Overview 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons The Panavia Tornado was Europe’s most important Cold War combat aircraft—a variable-sweep wing, twin-engine, two-seat
Dassault Mirage 2000
Overview 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons The Mirage 2000 brought fly-by-wire technology to the classic delta wing formula, creating a fourth-generation
Tupolev Tu-144
Overview 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons The Tu-144 was the world’s first supersonic transport (SST) to fly—beating Concorde by two months.
Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker
Overview 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons The Su-27 Flanker is the Soviet answer to the F-15 Eagle—a large, supremely agile air
Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound
Overview 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons The MiG-31 Foxhound is the world’s fastest combat aircraft currently in active service, capable of
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 Foxbat
Overview 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons The MiG-25 Foxbat terrified the West when it first appeared—its enormous twin tails and Mach
Rockwell B-1 Lancer
Overview 📷 Photo: U.S. Air Force The B-1 Lancer, nicknamed ‘The Bone’ (B-One), is a supersonic variable-sweep wing strategic bomber
North American XB-70 Valkyrie
Overview 📷 Photo: NASA The XB-70 Valkyrie was one of the most extraordinary aircraft ever built—a Mach 3+ strategic bomber