Key Points and Summary – In the late 1990s, Washington quietly bought Moldova’s surplus MiG-29s not to fly them, but to keep them out of Iran’s hands. -The jets offered Tehran a ready-made platform to ...

The Mikoyan MiG-29 twin-engine fighter was designed for the Soviet Air Force during the Cold War. Azerbaijan may be retiring some of its older Soviet-era aircraft, but these jets are not headed to the ...

Since entering service in 1982, the MiG-29 fighter jet has been a well-regarded aircraft with exceptional capabilities and versatility. As a fourth-generation fighter, it was designed for agility and ...

Considered to be the “boogeyman” of the Cold War, the Soviet-designed MiG-29 fighter was arguably overhyped. As the arms race between the USSR and the U.S. was heating up in the post-WWII era, both ...

In an ironic twist, Ukraine is now using US-made GBU-39 bombs on its Soviet-era MiG-29 fighters to confront Russia. The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Boeing a multi-year contract worth $6 ...