Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29.
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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 is a Russian jet fighter aircraft designed in 1972 as a replacement for the MiG-21 and MiG-23 in the fighter role.

Characteristics

• Role: multi-role fighter
• Powerplant: rated at ? kgf military thrust and ? kgf maximum thrust
• Size:
  • Length: 20 m (56 ft 10 in)
  • Height: 4.73 m (15 ft 6.25 in)
  • Wingspan: m
  • Wing area: m²
• Weight:
  • Empty: kg
  • Normal Takeoff: kg
  • Maximum: kg
• Speed:
• Ceiling: about 18 km
• Range:
  • Air Combat (10 minute loiter): km
  • Air Combat (3 hour CAP): km
  • Ground attack (hi-lo-hi): km
  • Ground attack (lo-lo-lo): km
  • Ferry: more than km
• Wing Loading: kg/m² at normal takeoff weight
• Thrust/weight ratio: 22,200 pounds
• Armament:
  • One 30mm GSh-30L cannon with 150 rounds

• Cost: about 1998USD 27 m
• First flight: 1977
• In service date: 1983
• Users: Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Moldova, North Korea, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Syria, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Yugoslavia

• Comparison of 2000s fighter aircraft