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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 ...
[A 1] [2] After the war the U.S. Air Force reviewed its figures in an investigation code-named Sabre Measure Charlie and downgraded the kill ratio of the North American F-86 Sabre against the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 by half from 14:1 to 7:1. [2] One of the factors inflating US numbers was that most dogfights took place over enemy-controlled area.
US Air Force RB-29 Superfortress: MiG-15 "Fagot" Soviet Air Defence Forces [22] October 7, 1952: Over the Kurile Islands: US Air Force RB-29 Superfortress: La-11 "Fang" Soviet Air Defence Forces [22] November 18, 1952: Near Vladivostok: Soviet Air Defence Forces MiG-15: F9F-5 Panther: US Navy [23] July 29, 1953: Sea of Japan: US Air Force RB ...
A MiG-29 was hit and damaged by Russian ZALA Lancet kamikaze drone at Krivoi Rog Air Base. [227] (2) 23 September 2 unidentified Two aircraft, presumably MiG-29 or Su-25 were destroyed at Krivoi Rog Air Base. [228] 25 September MiG-29 A MiG-29 was destroyed at Kulbakino Air Base, Mykolaiv. [229] [230] 10 October Su-25
A recent RAND report [38] made reference to "recent scholarship" of F-86 v MiG-15 combat over Korea and concluded that the actual kill:loss ratio for the F-86 was 1.8 to 1 overall, and likely closer to 1.3 to 1 against MiGs flown by Soviet pilots. [39]
25 February 1999 – An Eritrean Mig-29 was shot down by a R-73 Air to air missile fired from a Su-27, the Mig-29 crashed near Badme. [199] 26 February 1999 – An Eritrean Mig-29 was shot down near Badme by an Ethiopian Su-27 piloted by Aster Tolossa. [199] (2) On 26 February 1999, Two Ethiopian MiG-21s were shot down by Eritrean MIG-29s. [201]
Several other F-15Es simultaneously tried to engage the lone MiG-29 but were unable to get the kill. One F-15E was actually flying past the Iraqi jet and maneuvered in for the kill but the pilot hesitated to take the shot because he was unsure of his wingmen's location and because he did not get a good tone from the Sidewinder missile.
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.