Mikoyan – The Tactical Air Network

Russia Loses it Second Fighter Jet during the Kuznetsov’s First-Ever Combat Cruise

December 5, 2016 // 2 Comments

Reports surfaced early this morning that a Russian Sukhoi Su-33 was recently lost at sea, probably as early as Saturday this past weekend, though the actual date hasn’t [read more...]

The World’s Largest Private Air Force

June 22, 2015 // 12 Comments

Lakeland, Florida isn’t America’s most happening city. It’s not constantly in the news for any particular reason, nor does it boast the presence of sports [read more...]

MiGFlug Can Take You to the Edge of Space for a Fairly Reasonable Price

June 3, 2015 // 4 Comments

If you’ve got $18,500 USD to spare and a valid passport, you might as well give MiGFlug a call to book the flight of a lifetime. The organization whose tagline is [read more...]

Preflight 12/14/2013

December 14, 2013 // 0 Comments

F-16 Production to Carry on to 2020 Reuters reports that Lockheed Martin expects to carry on production of the F-16 Fighting Falcon up till mid-to-late 2017 and receive [read more...]

Preflight 12/7/2013

December 7, 2013 // 0 Comments

Indian Air Force Phases out MiG-21 The Indian Air Force, currently going through a heavy modernization period, has officially designated the 11th of December as the [read more...]

GoPros, a MiG-29 and an Su-27

November 15, 2013 // 2 Comments

Some of the coolest footage I’ve seen of formation flying, straight from Russia featuring members of their two demonstration teams, the Knights and the Swifts. The [read more...]

Syrian Air Force L-39 COIN Ops

September 9, 2013 // 1 Comment

The current conflict in Syria has been an extremely contentious topic these past few weeks. Above is an image taken by a Reuters photographer of an L-39 Albatros of the [read more...]

Eagle

September 8, 2013 // 2 Comments

Fighter jets can be very beautiful aircraft, their grace and smooth lines often overshadowing their deadly nature. The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is definitely no exception [read more...]

Yak 130/M-346

August 17, 2013 // 2 Comments

In the early 1990s, the Russian air forces found themselves facing the difficult position of possessing a large fleet of training aircraft, the majority of which were far [read more...]