The Soviet MiG-25 “Foxbat” was a feared and mysterious super-interceptor, a “paper tiger” whose myth was shattered by the ...

What You Need to Know: The Soviet MiG-25 “Foxbat” was a high-speed interceptor designed to counter U.S. spy planes like the U-2 and SR-71. With stainless steel construction and Tumansky R-15B ...

MiG-25 Foxbat in Combat. In combat the Foxbat had limited success. In 1971, a Soviet Foxbat operating out of Egypt turned on its afterburners and managed to escape several Israeli fighters by ...

One would down an F/A-18 from an Iraqi MiG-25 in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, with a second one causing damage to a USAF F-15 jet later that same year. The Foxbat's radar system was also severely ...