In May 1989, Soviet Air Force Captain Alexander Zuyev defected to NATO by stealing a Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jet.

In the second part of this story, we cover the day Soviet Air Force Captain Alexander M. Zuyev defected in a MiG-29 fighter ...

A Ukrainian air force MiG-29 while on a tour of North America in 1992. The MiG-29 is the Ukrainian air force’s most numerous fighter—even after a drunken officer accidentally rammed one of the ...

Polish Air Force MiG-29s at work: night sorties of the Fulcrum are spectacular! Two weeks ago we were invited to visit the Minsk Mazowiecki airbase, near Warsaw, to witness the training sorties ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON — Jared Isaacman, a billionaire and astronaut, may be the only American individual to own a MiG-29 — the Russian-built ...

In the last few months, aircraft enthusiasts spotting military jets operating at the Lviv State Aircraft Repair Plant have taken photographs of at least three MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters (two single ...

The Fulcrum represents the Russian counterpart to the modern Western fighter. It carries a capable pulse doppler radar, AA-10 Alamo radar air-to-air missiles and the GSH-301 30mm cannon. From Sep. 4 ...

What You Need to Know: In the 1990s, the U.S. acquired 21 MiG-29 fighters from Moldova to prevent their sale to Iran and to study advanced Soviet aviation technology. The MiG-29, known as the Fulcrum, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Especially intriguing is the origin of this photo. It was posted today to the official Twitter account of the Ukrainian Air Force, ...

A Slovak MiG-29 in 2014. Slovakia again has pledged to Ukraine all 11 of its old Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters. The country recently placed the jets into storage in anticipation of just such a transfer.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Russian forces shot down two Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jets in the past ...

Iran said Sunday that the simulator system for the MiG-29 fighter jets has become operational and will be delivered to air bases across the country in the coming days. The simulator has been ...