The MiG-21 (eventually dubbed “Fishbed” by NATO) would exceed Mach 2.0, with an internal cannon and the capacity to carry between two and six missiles (the Fishbed actually preceded the The conversion syllabus was designed for the new MiG-29 pilot to walk out the other end as a MiG-29 flight lead. After my last syllabus sortie I was asked if I wanted to lead a 4 MiG-29s versus 4 In a missile fight neutral merge 29 vs 18 both properly flown. The 29 can get a 73 off before the 18 can get a 9x off. But there's more to it then just pulling back on the stick. Gotta be at the right speed, and use both air brake and thrust at the same time to varying degrees depending on speed/alt/AoA. The radar version, R-27R is nowhere near as good as AIM-7F/M + MiG-29's radar is utter garbage compared to F-14 and F-16. So basically MiG-29 is worse in both close and long range combat. R-27T looked promising, if not a tad OP on the first dev server. Right now it's worse than R-24T found on MiG-23MLD. However, seconds later, the Israeli pilots saw the two MiG-21s and immediately engaged them: one of the MiGs disappeared, while the other Fishbed was forced into a 1 vs 2 combat. This is a list of variants and specifications for variants of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, which differed considerably between models. Variants All information in this section adapted from MiG-21 (2008). [1] Development and preproduction – Generation Zero (1954–1956) Ye-1 (1954) Group Captain Jhonson Chacko (Retd) offered his take on this. “The MiG-21 Bison is a 3+ generation aircraft and should not be confused with the Soviet era MiG 21s. What matters in air combat is how well a pilot exploits the advantages of the man-machine combine, and his ability to use his superior skills to come out victorious in a situation the mig 29 is not the best option. Allow me to explain myself before you downvote. The mig29 is an air superiority fighter most comparable to the f16, and as such is highly maneuverable. That combined with decent radar and the archer missile would make the mig 29 unparalleled in both dogfight capability and with the radar missiles one of the But what is the MiG-29 and how does it compare to other fighters, like the Russian SU-57, the F-35 Lightning and the F-16? MiG-29. First operational in 1985, the MiG-29 is a single-seat, twin-engine air-to-air fighter, but would likely be defeated in a dogfight by more sophisticated Russian aircraft, such as the fifth-generation SU-57. Syria has released a number of video clips showing some of its MiG-29 Fulcrum jets. The unusually high-resolution footage offers a close look at how these jets are faring after years of conflict I4ybxG.