On a spring night in 1989, Soviet fighter pilot Aleksandr Zuyev staged one of the Cold War’s boldest defections—stealing a frontline MiG-29 “Fulcrum” and flying it to Turkey. -Disillusioned with the ...

MiG‑29 Fulcrum – born with Mach 2 speed and iron discipline – swept into service as the Soviet answer to the F‑16 – its twin RD‑33 engines roared through dogfights at unheard-of agility – but it was ...

The aircraft shown armed in the video bears the registration 7-9700 with the tail number 101, identifying it as the first delivered to Iran. The Yak-130 that was captured carrying the R-73 for the ...