JEET AEROSPACE

The MiG

MiG is an acronym for Mikoyan-Gurevich. Formerly Soviet , it is now a Russian military aircraft design bureau primarily of fighter aircraft. Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich were the founders of this bureau; however the name Gurevich was dropped from the bureau after Mikoyan’s death in the year 1970. The Russian Government now plans to merge Mikoyan into a new company named United Aircraft Corporation. MiG’s were the best known combat aircraft during the Cold war and are known for their more efficient maneuverability as compared to other aircraft.

Designation sequence

MiG’s use odd numbers for fighter aircraft. So although the MiG-8 and MiG-110 exist, they are not fighter planes. Therefore the sequence starts with 1 and every other number thereafter.

List of MiG Aircraft

  • MiG-1, 1940
  • MiG-3, 1941
  • MiG-5, 1942
  • MiG-7, 1944
  • MiG-9 'Fargo', 1947
  • MiG-13 (aka MiG I-250 (N)), 1945
  • MiG-13, 1950
  • MiG-15 'Fagot', 1948, a contemporary of the F-86 Sabre and used widely in the Korean War
  • MiG-17 'Fresco', 1954
  • MiG-19 'Farmer', 1955, MiG's first supersonic fighter
  • MiG-21 'Fishbed', a contemporary of the F-4 Phantom II, 1960
  • MiG-23 'Flogger-A/B', 1974, a variable-geometry interceptor
  • MiG-25 'Foxbat', 1966, a Mach 3 interceptor
  • MiG-27 'Flogger-D/J', 1973, a ground-attack aircraft derived from the MiG-23.
  • MiG-29 'Fulcrum', 1983, comparable to the US F/A-18 Hornet and F-15
  • MiG-31 'Foxhound', 1983, replaced the MiG-25.
  • MiG-33 'Fulcrum', 1989, an advanced version of the MiG-29, also known as the MiG-29M.
  • MiG-35 'Fulcrum', 2005