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A Russian MiG-29 on a runway

The MiG-29 Fulcrum is a powerful fighter aircraft built by the Russian company Mikoyan. It first flew in 1977 and started being used in 1983. The Soviet Union created this jet during the Cold War to compete with new American fighters like the F-16 Fighting Falcon and the F/A-18 Hornet. Today, the MiG-29 is still flown by the Russian Air Force and many other countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Testing New Ideas with MiG-29s

Some versions of the MiG-29 were made to test new features and technologies.

  • The MiG-33 Super Fulcrum was a special MiG-29 designed to try out things like bombing targets on the ground.
  • The MiG-35 Fulcrum-F is another version used to test very new aviation technology.

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Images for kids

  • Mig-29 on landing

    A Russian Air Force MiG-29UB trainer

  • Mig-29UB

    MiG-29UB of the Swifts aerobatic team

  • Klimov RD-33 turbofan engine

    RD-33 on display at the Luftwaffenmuseum of the Bundeswehr

  • Bangladesh Air Force MiG-29 (15) (cropped)

    A Bangladesh Air Force MiG-29B flying with its Klimov RD-33 turbofan engines on full afterburner

  • MiG-29 cockpit 3

    MiG-29 cockpit from 1995

  • German MIG-29 Nose

    MiG-29 nose showing its radar dome and IRST sensor

  • MiG-29 gun

    MiG-29UB on display, showing its gunport

  • Bangladesh Air Force MiG-29 (5) (cropped)

    Bangladesh Air Force MiG-29B showing its full underside. Notice the six pylons under the wings carrying R-27 and R-73 air-to-air missiles.

  • MiG-29SMT on the MAKS-2009 (01)

    MiG-29SMT at the 2011 MAKS air show

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    A Ukrainian MiG-29 in 2018

  • IAF MiG-29

    MiG-29 of the Indian Air Force at Aero India 2009

  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29UPG Fulcrum, India - Air Force JP7677166

    An Indian Air Force MiG-29UPG

  • Indian Air Force Mig 29 UPG patrolling the Himalayas

    Indian Air Force MiG-29UPG flying over the Himalayas

  • A MiG-29K performs a touch and go landing on INS Vikramaditya during Narendra Modi's visit

    MiG-29K landing on INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier

  • MiG-29 18108 V i PVO VS, august 04, 2008

    MiG-29 of the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence

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    A German Air Force MiG-29

  • Peruvian Air Force MiG-29 SDLP

    MiG-29SE of the Peruvian Air Force

  • U.S. F-16C Fighting Falcon and Polish Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29A over Krzesiny air base, Poland - 20050615

    A Polish Air Force MiG-29 flying with a USAF F-16.

  • Sudan Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29SE (9-12SE) MTI-2

    Sudanese Air Force MiG-29SE

  • Slovak Air Force MiG-29AS

    A MiG-29AS of the Slovak Air Force

  • BAF MiG-29s in flight Garchev

    A squadron of Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 "Fulcrum-A"

  • MiG-29 Graf Ignatievo 2

    Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29UB

  • MiG-29 Fulcrum B Luftwaffe

    German Air Force MiG-29GT

  • MiG-29Sniper

    MiG-29 Sniper

  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29SMT (9-19), Russia - Air Force AN2269907

    A Russian Air Force MiG-29SMT.

  • MiG29-OVT-ENGINE

    MiG-29OVT on display

  • MiG-29M NTW 7 8 93

    MiG-29M

  • МАКС-2007-ЗВГ-018

    MiG-29K at MAKS 2007 air show

  • Rotate! 36501, Bangladesh Air Force Mig-29B (29930367676) (cropped)

    Bangladesh Air Force MiG-29B Fulcrum taking off from Shahjalal International Airport

  • Belarus Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 (9-13) Pichugin-1

    MiG-29B of the Belarusian Air Force

  • Bulgarian mig-29 r-27

    Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29A

  • Chadian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 (9-13) at Lviv International Airport

    MiG-29 of the Chadian Air Force landing at Lviv International Airport

  • Malaysia - Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29N (9-12SD) edited

    MiG-29N of the Royal Malaysian Air Force

  • Myanmar Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29B (9-12B) MRD-2

    MiG-29B of the Myanmar Air Force

  • MiG der HuAF

    Hungarian Air Force MiG-29

  • MiG-29 Sniper in Bucharest

    MiG-29 Sniper on display

  • Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum prototype 01 blue (9923238334)

    First prototype MiG-29 on display at the Central Air Force Museum in Monino.

  • Mig 29 Fulcrum

    MiG-29 on display in McMinnville, Oregon.

  • MiG-29A (At Wright-Patterson)

    MiG-29A at Wright-Patterson National Museum of the USAF

  • Mig 29 Schematic

    Drawing of MiG-29 (Russian Air Force)

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