It was based on the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 fighter aircraft ... Bloc fighters of the late Cold War period, the Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name Fulcrum) is a highly respected jet.

Ivan Mikoyan was among the developers of the MiG-29 multi-purpose fighter jet. Up to the end of his life, he continued working as an adviser for Russia’s MiG Aircraft Corporation, the statement ...

Mikoyan-Gurevich reworked the design to accept the ... while new MiG fighters, such as the MiG-29 ‘Fulcrum’ took over the air-to-air fighting. Even in more recent conflicts in the Middle ...