{"id":55565,"date":"2016-01-26T21:08:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T21:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2016\/01\/26\/russia-grounds-mig-31s-after-crash-over-siberia\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:05:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:05:34","slug":"russia-grounds-mig-31s-after-crash-over-siberia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2016\/01\/26\/russia-grounds-mig-31s-after-crash-over-siberia\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Grounds MiG-31s After Crash Over Siberia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MOSCOW \u2014\u00a0A cornerstone of Russia&#8217;s national air defense is temporarily down after the Defense Ministry on Monday grounded all\u00a0of Moscow&#8217;s 120\u00a0or\u00a0so serving MiG-31 interceptors pending an investigation into the loss of a\u00a0MiG-31 in the skies of Siberia earlier that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian Defense Ministry announced Monday afternoon that a MiG-31 went down over the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk. 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