Destroyer Escort

British Tornado GR.4 from 14 Squadron together with Romanian MiG-21MF LanceR-C from 861 Fighter Squadron near Lossiemouth RAF airbase during Dacian-2005 common exercise.

A MiG-25RB reconnaissance aircraft at the National Aviation Museum in Kyiv

The intercom cord running from the aircraft to the technician is what is referred to as the “tether.” A mechanic stands nearby, waiting for a signal from the technician to remove the chocks from under the wheels. Please also note that this MiG-25RB has an external fuel tank.

When the engines are started, the aircraft technician “hangs on the tether,” that is, listens to the pilot's report on the start-up parameters via the intercom (SPU), which is hard to make out due to static and noise.

A MiG-25RB landing. The flaps are extended, and the brake parachute container is open.

Test refueling of Su-24M and MiG-25RB aircraft from an Il-78 prototype

Night flights of the MiG-25RB. One of the few photographs showing the turbulator in the air intake duct.

MiG-25RBs just received by the 98th Air Regiment, Monchegorsk

A line of MiG-25RB aircraft at the Balkhash airfield, December 1979.

MiG-25RB (serial number 0402) of the 63rd Separate Aviation Squadron upon its return from Egypt

A MiG-25RB prototype (formerly E-155R-4) undergoing testing at the Air Force Research Institute, March 1970.

The landing of the MiG-25, piloted by Yevgeny Vorobyov, at the Olenya airfield during military trials

Mig-25s

The Indian Air Force received six MiG-25RBs. All of them bore a stylized image of an eagle—the emblem of the 102nd Squadron. One of the Indian MiG-25s was lost in a crash, but the rest remained in service until 2006.

MiG-25RBT "754" is preparing for a reconnaissance flight, with the camera equipment lowered for servicing

It is understood to have been the only camouflaged MiG-25 assigned to the Soviet Forces in East Germany.

This MiG-25RBSzs (Red 38) was photographed at Welzow, East Germany, in August 1991, while on the strength of the 11th ORAP (Otdelnyi Razvedyvatelnyi Aviatsionnaya Polk, or Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment).

A high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft MiG-25RB from the 931st ORAP at the Neu-Veltsov airfield

Mig-25

Mig-25