Conceived as a lighter, cheaper counterpart to the Su-27 and a foil to America’s F-16, Mikoyan’s MiG-29 was built for ...

A Soviet MiG-29 flies over Alaska en route to an air show in 1989. Late in the Cold War, the Russian air force deployed the Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter as a counter to the U.S. Air Force’s nimble F ...

Key Points and Summary – The 1989 defection of Soviet pilot Aleksandr Zuyev provided the West with a “windfall” of critical ...

In the Cold War’s twilight, the MiG-29 was the heavyweight of Soviet fighter aircraft that American pilots longed to battle; but since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, the MiG-29’s entire ...

What You Need to Know: The Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name “Fulcrum”), a twin-engine air superiority fighter, entered service with the Soviet Union in 1983 to counter U.S. fighters like the F-15 ...

Summary: The Mikoyan MiG-29 has played a crucial role in Ukraine’s defense against Russia despite being outdated. -Originally developed in the 1970s as a Soviet fourth-generation fighter, it has been ...