The National Interest

The Legendary Co-Designer of the Fearsome MiG-29 Fulcrum, Ivan Mikoyan, Has Passed Away

Ivan Mikoyan, nephew of Artem Mikoyan and co-designer of the MiG-29, has passed away on Nov. 25, 2016 at the age of 89. As explained by RT.com, Mikoyan spent most of his career as a leading engineer ...
NextBigFuture

Russian company working on a lightweight stealth fighter to replace the Mig-29 and Mig35

Russia’s RSK-MiG is working on a new lightweight fifth-generation stealth fighter to replace the Mikoyan MiG-29 and MiG-35 Fulcrum series fighters. Called the Liogkiy Mnogofunktsionalniy Frontovoi ...
The National Interest

MiG-29: The Russian Fighter Jet The Air Force Feared (and Purchased)

The MiG-29 was developed in the 1970s to counter the then-new United States fighters such as the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. It entered service with the ...
NDTV

Designer Of Soviet MiG Jet Fighters Mikoyan Dies At 89

Vano Mikoyan is best-known for engineering the MiG-29 jet fighter. (File Photo) Moscow: Vano Mikoyan, one of the developers of the MiG fighter jets for the Soviet and then Russian air force, has died ...
Reuters

Designer of Soviet MiG jet fighters Mikoyan dies at 89

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vano Mikoyan, one of the developers of the MiG fighter jets for the Soviet and then Russian air force, has died at the age of 89, aircraft maker MiG said on Friday. Mikoyan is ...