The MiG-29 was developed in the early 1970s ... about when the U.S. looked to add a fleet cheap and easy-to-produce fighter jets that could defend against and eliminate other enemy aircraft.

In the case of the MiG-29 fighter jet, NATO gave it the reporting name "Fulcrum." A fulcrum, according to Merriam-Webster, is "the support about which a lever turns." A pivot. "Fulcrum" aptly ...

From its beginnings in WWI, dogfighting has been an essential part of almost every major conflict since, and continues today.

Maria, whose husband Ivan has been risking his life since the first day of the war, is cautiously hoping for a truce.

TASS/. A MiG-29 fighter on Friday crashed near the Kushchyovskaya airfield in the Krasnodar Territory in southern Russia, the pilot ejected and has already been evacuated, the Russian Defense ...

MOSCOW, August 14. /TASS/. An MiG-29 fighter jet has prevented a Norwegian aircraft from violating the Russian border over the Barents Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

That adds up to 112 fighter planes. So far, there are accounts of twelve Ukrainian combat aircraft destroyed or heavily damaged — seven MiG-29s, three Su-27s, and two Su-25s. Ukraine started the ...

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In previous negotiations, the air force had requested a batch of 15 MIG-29 fighters and another of Su-30 fighters with 12 units. The Russians are still trying to offer the Yak-130 training jet and ...

Along with two Mig-29 fighter jets the Yak- 130 fired advance missile and intercepted and targeted enemy drones. spokesman of the drill Brigadier General Alireza Sheikh said, "The Yak fighter jet, ...