Remember when India’s MiG-21s, working with Su-30s, gave our front-line F-15 fighters all they could handle in the 2004 Cope India? That was a clear indictment of Beltway analysts who claim USAF doesn’t need the F/A-22 because it is so far ahead of the competition. Next time, IAF pilots could be flying MiG-35s as well. According to the Press Trust of India, Moscow has offered India its newer MiG-35 multirole fighter to replace its older airframes.
House, Senate Unveil Competing Proposals for 2026 Budget
July 11, 2025
Lawmakers from the House and Senate laid out competing versions of the annual defense policy bill on July 11, with vastly different potential outcomes for some of the Air Force’s most embattled programs.