MiG-31 Foxhound

[gadeshi]

MiG-31BM from Khotilovo AB (Novosibirsk, Central MD) armed with R-33M LRAAMs:

 

[gadeshi]

A great photo report about MiG-31 MLU update (to MiG-31BM standard) on Sokol MiG facility in Nizhniy Novgorod - A LOTS of photos in it:
http://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/76787/

 

[gadeshi]

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[gadeshi]

And mooooreee---------------:

 

[gadeshi]

A pair of MiG-31BM from Khotilovo AB (Central MD) scrambles to intercept training targets.
A closest plane carries updated R-33M LRAAMs:

 

[gadeshi]

MiG-31 and MiG-31BM from Bolshoye Savino AB undergo combat trials with weapons usage:

 

[gadeshi]

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[gadeshi]

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[gadeshi]

MiG-31 has intercepted US Navy P-8A Poseidon near Kamchetka peninsula on Far East:
http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=2748303

 

[tharun]

I think we can buy mig-31 from russia or designs we can modify and make it here

 

[gadeshi]

MiG-31 is designed to patrol tremendous spaces of Syberia and polar areas.
Why do you need them?
But Russians have MiG-31BME export version seen never customers so far...

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[tharun]

MiG-31 is designed to patrol tremendous spaces of Syberia and polar areas.
Why do you need them?
But Russians have MiG-31BME export version seen never customers so far...

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We can use it for interception of enemy planes and giving them no chance

 

[gadeshi]

We can use it for interception of enemy planes and giving them no chance

MiG-31 is for ALCM/SLCM interceptions most cases

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[gadeshi]

MiG-31BM from AD Forces Conversion and Combat Training Center in Savostleyka (near Moscow):

 

[pmaitra]

@gadeshi, what does "ударный труд" mean as written in the wall of the factory in one of the pictures?

 

[gadeshi]

Another one MiG-31 has undergone MLU update to MiG-31BM standard:
http://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/78145/

 

[gadeshi]

Another one photo from Khotilovo AB:

 

[gadeshi]

R-33 LRAAM in front of MiG-31BS:

 

[gadeshi]

UralKuz metal machinning plant has started to deliver stamped metal parts for MiG-31 modernization facilities:
http://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/79034/

 

[gadeshi]

MiG-31BM from Kansk-Dalniy AB (Novosibirsk):