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A Russian Air Force MiG-29S | |
Role | Air superiority fighter, multirole fighter |
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National origin | Soviet Union |
Design group | Mikoyan |
First flight | 6 October 1977 |
Introduction | August 1983 |
Status | In service |
Primary users | Russian Aerospace Forces Indian Air Force Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces Ukrainian Air Force |
Produced | 1981–present |
Number built | >1,600 |
Variants | Mikoyan MiG-29M Mikoyan MiG-29K Mikoyan MiG-35 |
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Sharing its origins in the original PFI requirements issued by TsAGI, the MiG-29 has broad aerodynamic similarities to the Sukhoi Su-27, but with some notable differences. The MiG-29 has a mid-mounted swept wing with blended leading-edge root extensions (LERXs) swept at around 40°; there are swept tailplanes and two vertical fins, mounted on booms outboard of the engines. Automatic slats are mounted on the leading edges of the wings; they are four-segment on early models and five-segment on some later variants. On the trailing edge, there are maneuvering flaps and wingtip ailerons
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Armament for the MiG-29 includes a single GSh-30-1 30 mm (1.18 in) cannon in the port wing root. This originally had a 150-round magazine, which was reduced to 100 rounds in later variants, which only allows a few seconds of firing before running out of ammo. Original production MiG-29 aircraft cannot fire the cannon when carrying a centerline fuel tank as it blocks the shell ejection port. This was corrected in the MiG-29S and later versions.
The cockpit features a conventional centre stick and left hand throttle controls. The pilot sits in a Zvezda K-36DM ejection seat.
The baseline MiG-29 9.12 has a Phazotron RLPK-29 radar fire control system which includes the N019 Sapfir 29 look-down/shoot-down coherent pulse-Doppler radar and the Ts100.02-02 digital computer.