Key point: The former communist Moldova needed money and America wanted to get its hands on Russian technology. So a deal was made. When the Soviet Union collapsed in late 1991, the newly independent ...
Key Points and Summary - Born in the late 1970s to counter F-15s and F-16s, the MiG-29 paired agile aerodynamics (LERX, twin tails) and twin RD-33s with IRST, a helmet sight, and the R-73 to dominate ...
One test pilot concluded that the Fulcrum’s “abilities equals and sometimes even exceeds those of the F-15 and F-16 jets. The aircraft is highly maneuverable, and its engines provide higher weight to ...
A Polish air force MiG-29 rests in the shadows.This year the Polish air force is upgrading the avionics in half of its 31 MiG‑29s. The MiG-29 Fulcrum outside the National Air and Space Intelligence ...