Above: MiG-31DZ ‘Blue 09’ (RF-95204) lights the afterburners on its twin Aviadvigatel/Perm D-30F-6 (izdelye 48) turbofans as it departs Bolshoye Savino (Perm).
Aircraft of the resident 764th Fighter Aviation Regiment wear blue ‘Bort’ numbers. Above right: The Cold War-era front cockpit of an unmodernised MiG-31. The
two crew are seated on Zvezda K-36DM ‘zero-zero’ ejection seats and controls are fi tted in both cockpits alongside the conventional instrumentation. Below: A pair
of ‘Foxhounds’ approaches an Il-78 tanker to take on fuel during a long-range interception training mission last October. The nearest aircraft, ‘26 Blue’ (RF-92466),
is a standard MiG-31DZ, while ‘37 Red’ (RF-90901), named ‘Stepan Karnach’, has been upgraded to MiG-31BM standard. All photos Kirill Mushak unless stated48 // MAY 2018 #362 http://www.airforcesmonthly.comFoxhound on duty