MiG-29 fighter is a single-seat twin-engine, all-weather, multi-function, high-mobility medium-sized fighter developed by the Migoyan Glevich Design Bureau of the former Soviet Union. NATO code-named "fulcrum"
In the late 1960s, in response to the FX plan of the US Air Force, that is, the plan to give birth to the F-15 Eagle fighter, the former Soviet Union General Staff proposed the Advanced Tactical Fighter plan, planning to develop two new fighter to form a new tactical aviation system. In this context, MiG -29 light fighter and Su-27 heavy fighter were developed in parallel during the same period.
Due to the different divisions of labor for the design bureau during the former Soviet Union, the MiG Design Bureau designed field front-line fighter jets for a long time. This type of fighter jet generally takes front-line airports with poor conditions as bases, performing medium, short-range, and air-optimal combat tasks, taking into account ground support. At that time, the Soviet Union had a unique concept of front-line fighter jets. This front-line fighter jet used front-line enemy targets as combat targets. The combat radius of fighter jets was not high and the fuel load was not large. Therefore, it was light in weight and had good maneuverability, which could make up for the gap between the Soviet aviation industry and the United States! (So that's called The whole story of the defender of the airport)
1977, the MiG-29 prototype completed its first test flight and was put into mass production in 1982. The first mass-produced model was delivered to the Soviet Air Force in August 1983 and started use. In November 1977, the US reconnaissance satellite captured that the Soviet Union was testing two new fighter jets, so it was named Lamin K and Lamin L. Among them, Lamin K is Su-27, and Lamin L is MiG-29,
It was not until July 1986 that the Soviet Union sent 6 MiG-29 fighters to visit Finland that the West had the opportunity to see this legendary and daunting mysterious fighter.
As a frontline fighter, the main task of the MiG-29 is to destroy all aerial targets within a range of 60 to 200 kilometers from the base. Regardless of the meteorological conditions of the war zone, which electronic countermeasures the other party uses, what kind of flight raids, and what altitude they are at, in a word, "take all sizes and sizes" against the invading enemy aircraft! (But forget it after getting out of the Soviet Union's special environment)
However, after the collapse of in 1991, MiG-29 lost to the Su-27 series in exports. MiG-29 only received a small number of orders from a few countries such as Malaysia . In addition, in the 1990s, several local battles in the 1990s. In the competition, the MiG-29 performed mediocrely in front of the US-made fighter jet. In the Gulf War in 1991, two were shot down by the US F-15 Eagle fighter jet.
F-15 Ying fighter jet
1999, in the battle of Kosovo, the Knights Squadron of the Yugoslavia lost to the West again. The F-16 Fighting Falcon of the Fang State Air Force was shot down several times (just looking at the record, the MiG-29 lost a lot! But the electronic interference and electronic suppression of the United States and Western countries were very powerful at that time, which was equivalent to the MiG-29 being a blind man, hitting a strong man with eyes open! No matter how good your performance, the MiG-29 can't do anything! This is somewhat unfair to the MiG-29!)
F -16 Fighter Falcon fighter
Despite this, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the reorganized MiG Group has never forgotten the MiG-29 that was once glorious in the Soviet era. They have continuously modernized and improved the MiG-29 and successively launched MiG-29S, MiG-29SE, MiG-29M, MiG-29M2, MiG-29K, MiG-29SM T and other modifications,
In addition, in order to verify the impact of thrust vector technology on improving close combat and short-range take-off and landing of fighters, and provide technical support for thrust vector technology in the transformation and application of fighter jets such as MiG-29, MiG Group developed the MiG-290VT technology verification aircraft based on the MiG-29M2, and made its first flight in 2003. After
was demonstrated for the first time at the 2005 Moscow International Air Show,
followed by 8 and a half minutes of flight performance, attracting the attention of the world with a series of difficult super maneuvering actions and causing a sensation.
ml0 Its limelight even overshadowed the Su-37
MG-29 carrier-based type: MiG-29K
MG-29K single-seat twin-engine carrier-based fighter developed based on MiG-29 fighter jets, equipped with interceptor hooks and wing folding, although the bid for carrier-based aircraft that year was defeated by The Su-33 Sea Flanker of Sukhoi was later used on the former "Gorshkov" aircraft carrier sold to India by Russia (renamed Vikramatia )
Post-MiG Design Bureau used the MiG-290VT to develop into another masterpiece of the fulcrum family, MiG-35 new fulcrum!
MG-35 integrates the final production model of all achievements of MiG Design Bureau. The performance of this fighter has been greatly improved in all aspects, and the fuel capacity and ammunition capacity have increased. In particular, it has a complete avionics of the fourth-generation Western fighter jets. Therefore, it no longer relies on combat management assistance and becomes the only fighter in the fulcrum family that can perform independent operations!
Mig-29 fulcrum series has gone from Cold War to the present, from being nicknamed "Airport Defender" (if you want to blame, blame the combat concept) to the current MiG-35's large voyage, the fulcrum family is working hard to adapt to the new battlefield environment,
But as a generation of famous aircraft, the fascinating super maneuverability and tenacious battlefield survivability of the MiG-29 of the fulcrum family are enough to make it fall into the history of aviation!
