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Foxbat Tales

The MiG-25 in Combat

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Foxbat Tales

Written by: Mike Guardia
Narrated by: Johnny Heller
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From the Middle East to the Iron Curtain…the definitive combat history of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25.

July 1967: At the Moscow Air Show, the Soviets unveiled six new state-of-the-art aircraft. From among this lineup of new fighters and interceptors stood the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 - purportedly capable of outrunning and outmaneuvering any aircraft in NATO’s inventory.

Yet even before its public appearance in Moscow, the MiG-25 had been a grave concern for Western analysts. Indeed, this new interceptor could fly at speeds in excess of Mach 3 and cruise at altitudes heretofore deemed unreachable for a tactical fighter. Moreover, NATO’s intelligence community was baffled by how the Soviet Union had cobbled together such a “masterpiece” of modern engineering.

The reality, however, was that this “interceptor” was a poorly designed airframe with an oversized motor. Although it excelled as a reconnaissance aircraft, it fared poorly as a dogfighter - and it was typically the loser when pitted against Western aircraft like the F-14 Tomcat and F-15 Eagle.

From the Sinai Peninsula...to the Soviet-Afghan War...to Operation Desert Storm, Foxbat Tales is the definitive operational and combat history of the MiG-25.

©2020 Mike Guardia (P)2021 Spoken Realms Armed Forces Astronomy & Space Science History & Culture Military Science Weapons & Warfare Air Force War Warrior

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Nice addition to my military aviation bookshelf

I really enjoyed this book. It was great to have Johnny Heller and Mike Guardia team up again after Tomcat Fury. It was great to hear these stories about MiGs. Well researched and produced. I loved Heller’s pronunciation of the various places the Foxbat deployed. He was so authentic. My favourite chapter was the retelling of the Foxbat pilot defecting. Cannot wait to hear more about other military aircraft both east and west. Hope Mike’s working on other books.

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