When a mysterious crescent appeared over Moscow in 1967, alien enthusiasts were unaware they were actually tracking a ...

Did the Soviets really build a tank with wings? Discover the true story of the Antonov A-40, a bizarre 1942 experiment that ...

When the roar of jet engines echoed over the frozen landscapes of North Korea in 1952, it often signaled a clash of titans in the skies. But on one particular ...

Compared to contemporaries like the American F-4 Phantom II, the MiG-21 was less complex and far cheaper to produce—but could hold its own against the more sophisticated American jet. The best Soviet ...

The Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) was a grueling counterinsurgency conflict that tested the limits of—and ultimately broke—Soviet military might. Amid the rugged Hindu Kush mountains, where ground ...

When Soviet-backed North Korean forces invaded South Korea in June 1950, American military planners anticipated the worst. They saw the conflict as the potential start of World War III. While the ...

On a gusty Saturday afternoon in March, two men crack open a Soviet-made hangar, then scramble to slow the door’s movement as gravity takes over. The 33-ton blast door rumbles along a steel track ...

Putin will lay flowers at the Soviet pilots’ section of Fort Richardson National Cemetery after his Alaska summit with Trump. The graves are tied to the WWII Lend-Lease Program, when U.S. and Soviet ...