Mikoyan Aircraft - Mikoyan-Gurevich MIG-19, Mikoyan-Gurevich MIG-21, Mikoyan-Gurevich MIG-17, Mikoyan MIG-29, Mikoyan-Gurevich MIG-23, Mi (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 107. Chapters: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17, Mikoyan MiG-29, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 operators, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 variants, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25, Mikoyan MiG-29K, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3, Mikoyan MiG-31, Mikoyan MiG-35, Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250, Mikoyan MiG-27, Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-150 family, Mikoyan MiG-29M, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105, Post-PFI Soviet/Russian aircraft projects, Mikoyan-Gurevich DIS, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9, Mikoyan Project 1.44, Mikoyan-Gurevich I-211, Mikoyan-Gurevich I-75, Mikoyan-Gurevich I-270, Mikoyan MiG-33, Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-8, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Variants - Initial Mass Production, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-8, Mikoyan MiG-AT, MiG Skat, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Variants - Development and Preproduction, Mikoyan MiG-110, Mikoyan LMFS, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-6. Excerpt: The Mikoyan MiG-29 (Russian: NATO reporting name: "Fulcrum") is a fourth-generation jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union for an air superiority role. Developed in the 1970s by the Mikoyan design bureau, it entered service with the Soviet Air Force in 1983, and remains in use by the Russian Air Force as well as in many other nations. The NATO name "Fulcrum" was sometimes unofficially used by Soviet pilots in service. The MiG-29, along with the Sukhoi Su-27, was developed to counter new American fighters such as the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, and the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. In 1969 the existence of the United States Air Force's "F-X" program, which would result in the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, became public knowledge. At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet response was necessary to avoid the possibility of a new American fighter becoming a serious technological advantage over existing Soviet fighters, thus...