Third generation: 1960-1970 early supersonic and supersonic, air to air missiles, radar. Multi role fighter, attack, bomber aircraft came into their own in this time frame. F-4, MIG-23, MIG-21, F-104, ...

Its operational range was just 320 kilometers, further eroding its usefulness. Pilots operating MiG-23 had trouble with handling and instability, and the engine service life was much too short and ...

It also has a 9-A-768 23-mm gun. Source: The National Interest and Globalsecurity.org. There have been multiple accounts of MiG-31 fighters chasing away SR-71s, the legendary high-altitude US spy ...

First-generation fighter jets emerged in 1942 ... Examples of the generation include the F-4 Phantom, MiG-23, and the original Harrier jump jet. Fourth-generation fighters began to arrive in ...

The plane can develop a speed of 2.23 Mach and its operational radius exceeds the range of its predecessor MiG-29 by 50% The flight tests of MiG-35 fighter aircraft began on January 26 and the ...