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The three regiments flying the VKSs best interceptorthe twinengine, twoseat Mikoyan MiG31BMare winning where most of the rest of the air force is losing. MiG31 crews, flying highaltitude defensive patrols along the evershifting front lines and firing powerful Vympel R37M airtoair missiles, in recent weeks apparently have shot down several Ukrainian jets. The Ukrainians own fighters and missiles lack the speed, range and altitude performance to fight back effectively. The VKSs defensive patrols have proven highly effective against Ukrainian attack aircraft and fighters, with the MiG31BM and R37M longrange airtoair missile being especially problematic, Justin Bronk, Nick Reynolds and Jack Watling wrote in a new study for the Royal United Services Institute in London. The 24ton MiG31, which first flew in 1975, is a rare beast. Its an evolution of the classic, Cold Warvintage Mikoyan MiG25, a plane the Russians designed specifically to intercept supersonic U. S. Air F