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It's been said at first that progression on the supersonic PAK DP MiG-41 interceptor was making use of the MiG-701 (Izdeliye 7.01) and Mikoyan MiG-31 projects begun in the 1990s. [10] As of July 2016, no official data was available concerning the aircraft's capabilities. It was speculated that it could enter service by the mid-2020s or 2030s.
Eventually delivered as MiG-29, designation also used for development of some MiG-29 variants and marketed as "Super Fulcrum" MiG-35: Fulcrum-F 2007 Production Air superiority and multi-role fighter, based on the MiG-29 MiG-41: Planned Design Stealth interceptor/heavy fighter under development as Mikoyan PAK DP, expected to be introduced in 2028
As of 2015 the company's business offering consists mostly of modernized MiG-29 aircraft. [10] MiG was developing a 4++ fighter, the MiG-35, with the first deliveries expected in late 2019. Mikoyan is set to fly the PAK DP aka MiG-41 their first stealth interceptor in 2025. [11] [12]
The Five Eyes Air Force Interoperability Council (AFIC) assigns [1] codenames for fighters and other military aircraft originating in, or operated by, the air forces of the former Warsaw Pact, including Russia, and the People's Republic of China.
The MiG-15, which gained fame during the Korean War, and later models like the MiG-21 and MiG-29, were celebrated for their speed, agility, and advanced technology. Besides their well-known production planes, Mikoyan also developed experimental aircraft to explore new aviation technologies.
The real aircraft used to portray the MiG-28 was a Northrop F-5. [18] Full-scale MiG-31 Firefox model used in the film Firefox parked at Van Nuys Airport, California in May 1982. MiG-31 Firefox: a fictional aircraft that appeared in Craig Thomas's novels Firefox and Firefox Down, as well as the 1982 film by the same
Concept art of MiG 1.44 in flight. The MiG 1.44 had its origins in the early 1980s, when the U.S. Air Force began developing a successor to the F-15 Eagle under the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) project, which would eventually result in the supermaneuverable and stealthy, albeit costly, F-22 Raptor that first flew in 1997.
The Mikoyan MiG-31 (Russian: Микоян МиГ-31; NATO reporting name: Foxhound) is a supersonic interceptor aircraft developed for the Soviet Air Forces by the Mikoyan design bureau as a replacement for the earlier MiG-25 "Foxbat"; the MiG-31 is based on and shares design elements with the MiG-25.