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The Mikoyan MiG-29 (Russian: Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union.Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the MiG-29, along with the larger Sukhoi Su-27, was developed to counter U.S. fighters such as the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and the General Dynamics F-16 ...
When Admiral Gorshkov was part of the Soviet fleet, it was a hybrid aircraft carrier/cruiser using vertical take-off (V/STOL) aircraft; thus the deck was refurbished with a take-off ramp and arrestor wires for operating MiG-29Ks.
An operational MiG-29 was damaged beyond repair after crashing during take-off. [63] [64] (2) 24 February MiG-29, Su-24 Russian missile strikes against Starokostiantyniv Air Base destroyed at least four MiG-29s and at least one Su-24 in non-operational storage. [65] 24 February An-26
The MiG-29ME was the export version of the MiG-29M (Product 9.15) "Super Fulcrum", a comprehensively upgraded, fully multirole version of the MiG-29. Although the MiG-33 designation was soon dropped, the MiG-29M may have merited a new designation in that it is in many ways a thoroughly redesigned version of the MiG-29.
A MiG-29 launching over the ski-jump ramp on a Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier can take off at a speed of about 70 knots (130 km/h; 81 mph), instead of the usual 140 knots (260 km/h; 160 mph) (depending on many factors such as gross weight). [16]
The first MiG-29 fighter jets sent from Poland have arrived in Ukraine in a major escalation of military backing for Kyiv. Poland and Slovakia became the first Western countries to announce the ...
On 26 October 2016, the ship was reported to have passed through the Strait of Gibraltar [56] and refuelled at sea off North Africa the following day. [57] On 3 November 2016, the carrier battle group paused off the east coast of Crete. [58] On 14 November 2016, a MiG-29K crashed into the sea after taking off from the carrier.
On 26 March 1999, two days after the bombing began, Radosavljević and his colleague Colonel Slobodan Perić were ordered to take off and oppose NATO aviation. The Yugoslav Army's MiG-29 planes were in semi-working condition, incapable of air combat. The radar range of the NATO plane was 120 km, while the range of the MiG-29 was half that.