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Cold War Soviet Interceptors


Military Aviation | Soviet Union

To prevent - and also deter - violations of its airspace during the Cold War, the Soviet military industry produced a bevy of capable interceptor aircraft.

There are a total of [ 36 ] Cold War Soviet Interceptors entries in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order (1-to-Z). Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily the primary operator. This listing also includes prototype, conceptual and experimental types.




1
Picture of the Alekseyev I-211
National Flag Graphic
1947
Alekseyev I-211
Jet-Powered Fighter / Interceptor Prototype Aircraft
2
Picture of the de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito
National Flag Graphic
1942
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito
Multirole Heavy Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft
3
Picture of the Junkers Ju EF 126 (Elli)
National Flag Graphic
1945
Junkers Ju EF 126 (Elli)
Single-Seat, Pulse Jet-Powered Interceptor-Fighter Aircraft
4
Picture of the Lavochkin La-15 (Fantail)
National Flag Graphic
1949
Lavochkin La-15 (Fantail)
Jet-Powered Tactical Fighter / Interceptor
5
Picture of the Lavochkin La-250 (Anaconda)
National Flag Graphic
1956
Lavochkin La-250 (Anaconda)
Long-Range, High-Altitude Interceptor Prototype
6
Picture of the Lavochkin La-5
National Flag Graphic
1942
Lavochkin La-5
Single-Seat, Single-Engine Monoplane Fighter Aircraft
7
Picture of the Mikoyan MiG-29 (Fulcrum)
National Flag Graphic
1984
Mikoyan MiG-29 (Fulcrum)
Lightweight Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft
8
Picture of the Mikoyan MiG-31 (Foxhound)
National Flag Graphic
1979
Mikoyan MiG-31 (Foxhound)
Long-Range High-Speed Interceptor Aircraft
9
Picture of the Mikoyan MiG-701 (Type 7.01)
National Flag Graphic
1990
Mikoyan MiG-701 (Type 7.01)
Long-Range Supersonic Interceptor Proposal
10
Picture of the Mikoyan-Gurevich I-270
National Flag Graphic
1946
Mikoyan-Gurevich I-270
Single-Seat Rocket-Powered Interceptor
11
Picture of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Fagot)
National Flag Graphic
1949
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Fagot)
Single-Seat Jet-Powered Fighter Aircraft
12
Picture of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (Fresco)
National Flag Graphic
1952
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (Fresco)
Single-Seat Jet-Powered Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft
13
Picture of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (Farmer)
National Flag Graphic
1955
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (Farmer)
Supersonic Jet-Powered Fighter / Interceptor Aircraft
14
Picture of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Fishbed)
National Flag Graphic
1959
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Fishbed)
Single-Seat Supersonic Fighter Aircraft
15
Picture of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (Flogger)
National Flag Graphic
1970
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (Flogger)
Swing-Wing Fighter-Interceptor Aircraft
16
Picture of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (Foxbat)
National Flag Graphic
1972
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (Foxbat)
Supersonic Interceptor / Reconnaissance Bomber Aircraft
17
Picture of the Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-8 (Fishbed) / (MiG-23)
National Flag Graphic
1962
Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-8 (Fishbed) / (MiG-23)
Interceptor Prototype Aircraft
18
Picture of the North American P-51 Mustang
National Flag Graphic
1942
North American P-51 Mustang
Single-Seat, Single-Engine Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft
19
Picture of the Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter / Tiger / Tiger II
National Flag Graphic
1962
Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter / Tiger / Tiger II
Single-Seat Lightweight Multirole Aircraft
20
Picture of the Sukhoi P-1 (Perekhvatchuk-1)
National Flag Graphic
1957
Sukhoi P-1 (Perekhvatchuk-1)
Interceptor Prototype Aircraft
21
Picture of the Sukhoi Su-11 (Fishpot-C)
National Flag Graphic
1964
Sukhoi Su-11 (Fishpot-C)
Interceptor Aircraft
22
Picture of the Sukhoi Su-15 (Flagon)
National Flag Graphic
1965
Sukhoi Su-15 (Flagon)
Long-Range Interceptor Aircraft
23
Picture of the Sukhoi Su-15 (Samolet P)
National Flag Graphic
1949
Sukhoi Su-15 (Samolet P)
Interceptor Aircraft Prototype
24
Picture of the Sukhoi Su-17 / Su-20 / Su-22 (Fitter)
National Flag Graphic
1970
Sukhoi Su-17 / Su-20 / Su-22 (Fitter)
Ground Attack / Strike Fighter Aircraft
25
Picture of the Sukhoi Su-27 (Flanker)
National Flag Graphic
1985
Sukhoi Su-27 (Flanker)
Air Superiority / Ground Attack / Multirole Fighter
26
Picture of the Sukhoi Su-7 (Fitter-A)
National Flag Graphic
1959
Sukhoi Su-7 (Fitter-A)
Fighter-Bomber / Ground Attack Aircraft
27
Picture of the Sukhoi Su-9 (Fishpot)
National Flag Graphic
1959
Sukhoi Su-9 (Fishpot)
Interceptor Aircraft
28
Picture of the Sukhoi Su-9 / Su-11 / Su-13 (1946)
National Flag Graphic
1946
Sukhoi Su-9 / Su-11 / Su-13 (1946)
Fighter / Fighter-Bomber / Night-Fighter Prototype Aircraft
29
Picture of the Supermarine Spitfire
National Flag Graphic
1938
Supermarine Spitfire
Fighter / Fighter-Bomber / Reconnaissance Aircraft
30
Picture of the Tupolev Tu-2 (Bat)
National Flag Graphic
1942
Tupolev Tu-2 (Bat)
Twin-Engine Fast Bomber / Multirole Aircraft
31
Picture of the Tupolev Tu-28 / Tu-128 (Fiddler)
National Flag Graphic
1964
Tupolev Tu-28 / Tu-128 (Fiddler)
Long-Range Interceptor Aircraft
32
Picture of the Yakovlev Yak-28 (Brewer / Firebar)
National Flag Graphic
1960
Yakovlev Yak-28 (Brewer / Firebar)
Twin-Seat Multirole Aircraft
33
Picture of the Yakovlev Yak-30
National Flag Graphic
1948
Yakovlev Yak-30
Jet-Powered Interceptor Prototype Aircraft
34
Picture of the Yakovlev Yak-41 (Freestyle / Yak-141)
National Flag Graphic
1987
Yakovlev Yak-41 (Freestyle / Yak-141)
Prototype VTOL Fleet Defense Fighter Aircraft
35
Picture of the Yakovlev Yak-50 (1949)
National Flag Graphic
1949
Yakovlev Yak-50 (1949)
Jet-Powered Fighter / Interceptor Aircraft
36
Picture of the Yakovlev Yak-9 (Frank)
National Flag Graphic
1943
Yakovlev Yak-9 (Frank)
Single-Seat, Single-Engine Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft
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