MiG-25 Foxbat
| Country of Origin | CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States). |
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| Similar Aircraft | F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, MiG-31 Foxhound. |
| Crew | One. |
| Role | Intercepter, reconnaissance. |
| Armament | Air-to-air missiles. |
| Dimensions | Length: 70 ft (21.34 m). Span: 41 ft (12.6 m). |
MiG-25 Foxbat WEFT Description
| Wings | High-mounted, swept-back, and tapered with square tips. |
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| Engine(s) | Two turbojets. Large rectangular air intakes below the canopy and forward of the wing roots. Dual exhaust. |
| Fuselage | Long and slender with solid, pointed nose. Box-like from the air intakes to rear section. Bubble canopy. |
| Tail | Twin, sweptback, and tapered fins with angular tips. Flats mid- to low-mounted on fuselage, swept-back, and tapered with angular tips. |
Countries which Fly the MiG-25 Foxbat
Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Iraq, Syria, Ukraine.
Books on the MiG-25 Foxbat
This book takes a detailed, informed, and dispassionate viewpoint of this awesome aeronautical achievement. The MiG-25 follow-on was the similar-looking MiG-31 'Foxhound,' which has not been well documented until this book. The MiG-31 was a new aircraft designed to counter U.S. cruise missiles and was put into production in 1979.