One of a Kind

Piotr Butowski examines the current status of the MiG-31 Foxhound, an interceptor designed during the Cold War that recently returned to the news as the launch platform for one of Russia’s new ‘super-weapons’ – the Kinzhal hypersonic missile. Foxhound on duty MiG-31DZ ‘Blue 09’ (RF-95204) lights the afterburners on its twin Aviadvigatel/Perm D-30F-6 (izdelye 48) turbofans as it departs Bolshoye Savino (Perm). Aircraft of the resident 764th Fighter Aviation Regiment wear blue ‘Bort’ numbers The Cold War-era front cockpit of