After deploying a few successful aircraft, such as the Mig-19, Mig-21, or Mig-23, the Russian military asked for something more impressive, able to compete against the agile, American weapons, and the ...

A Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum was given a shark mouth, a type of nose art often applied to aircraft flying in the SEAD role. Some interesting images first shared online on Jan. 23, 2024, by the ...

The MiG-29 Fulcrum, a Cold War-era fighter, was once a formidable rival to the F-16 in terms of dogfighting capabilities. Developed in the late 1970s, it was known for its small, agile frame, Mach 2 ...

Key Points and Summary - Born in the late 1970s to counter F-15s and F-16s, the MiG-29 paired agile aerodynamics (LERX, twin tails) and twin RD-33s with IRST, a helmet sight, and the R-73 to dominate ...

Sixteen MiG-29s of the Serbian Air Force opposed NATO’s bombing campaign over Kosovo in 1999. Deployed at medium altitude, where they were exposed to hostile radar, five were shot down by F-15s and ...

Key point: The former communist Moldova needed money and America wanted to get its hands on Russian technology. So a deal was made. When the Soviet Union collapsed in late 1991, the newly independent ...

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GDANSK, Poland—Russia is planning the resumption of trials of the active electronic scanning array (AESA) radar made by Phazotron-NIIR on MiG-29 family fighters. The FGA35 Zhuk-AE radar would be ...