From the jagged stealth of the F-117 to the blistering speed of the MiG-25, these 17 aircraft waged a high-altitude shadow ...

When the Soviet Union collapsed on Christmas Day in 1991, a wave of euphoria washed over the West. Barely two years had elapsed since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and suddenly, the Cold War was over.

The Mi-8 is far more cost-competitive than Western counterparts, and focuses on redundancy and ease of use rather than ...

The evolution of Soviet VTOL aircraft tells a story of technological daring, strategic necessity, and Cold War rivalry. From the rudimentary Yak-36 prototype to the cutting-edge supersonic Yak-41, ...

Pumping out warplanes by the tens of thousands, the USSR manufactured and deployed an astonishing number of military aircraft in its sixty-nine years of existence. With the defeat of Hitler, a tense ...

SEATTLE — A steel gray fuselage with a bright red star painted on the side tail was about as ornate as the Soviets got when painting their MiG-21 fighter jets. But in Seattle, a surplus variant of the ...

The Cold War is over. There is an entire generation of adults who never lived in a world with a Berlin Wall, or a Soviet Union. Of course, for many years, films related to the tenuous dynamic between ...

Marshal Zhukov, decorated Soviet commander, risked Stalin's wrath for his Coca-Cola addiction. The solution? A clear version ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has caused its share of intellectual confusion. Putin has never coherently or consistently explained his intentions, and Russia’s ...