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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 ...
The combat radius can be increased to 1,300 km (810 mi) with three underwing fuel drop tanks. The maximum weight of the aircraft grew from 19.5 to 22.4 t (43,000 to 49,400 lb), to allow for increased payloads.
The MiG-29M/M2 aircraft is a revision of the basic MiG-29. It achieved a more multi-role capability with enhanced use of air-to-air and air-to-ground high-precision weapons. [4] It also featured a considerably increased combat range, owing to an increase in its internal fuel capacity. [4] A few changes took place during the aircraft's development.
A hardpoint is an attachment location on a structural frame designed to transfer force and carry an external or internal load.The term is usually used to refer to the mounting points (more formally known as a weapon station or station) on the airframe of military aircraft that carry weapons (e.g. gun pods and rocket pods), ordnances (bombs and missiles) and support equipments (e.g. flares and ...
Ground-attack aircraft derived from the MiG-23 MiG-29: Fulcrum 1977 Production Air superiority fighter and multi-role fighter MiG-29K: Fulcrum-D 1988 Production Carrier-based multi-role fighter, naval variant of the MiG-33/MiG-29M MiG-29M: Fulcrum-E 2005 Production Improved variant of MiG-29 and MiG-33 MiG-31: Foxhound 1975 Production
Some of the drop tank's fuel is used to overcome the added drag and weight of the tank. Drag in this sense varies with the square of the aircraft's speed. The use of drop tanks also reduces the number of external hardpoints available for weapons, reduces the weapon-carrying capacity and increases the aircraft's radar signature. Usually the fuel ...
A Malaysian MiG-29 in formation with a U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat. Malaysia received a total of 18 MiG-29s. Two were lost to separate crashes in 1998 and 2004, and six were retired in 2010 to save on maintenance costs. The remaining ten MiG-29 aircraft were retired in 2017. Royal Malaysian Air Force
Conformal fuel tanks have the disadvantage that, unlike drop tanks, they cannot be discarded in flight, because they are plumbed into the aircraft and so can only be removed on the ground. As a result, they will impose a slight drag-penalty and minor weight gain on the aircraft even when the tanks are empty, without any benefit.