MiG-25 Foxbat

Country of Origin	CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States).
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.
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.