|
Category |
Aircraft Model |
Year |
Description |
|
Fighters
and Interceptors |
MiG-1 |
1940 |
First
production fighter |
|
MiG-3 |
1940 |
Fighter
and interceptor, testbed for numerous experimental variants |
|
|
MiG-9
"Fargo" |
1946 |
First-generation
turbojet fighter and attack aircraft |
|
|
MiG-15
"Fagot" |
1947 |
One of
the best early jet fighters, used extensively in the Korean War |
|
|
MiG-17
"Fresco" |
1950 |
Improved
version of MiG-15, used as an interceptor in the Vietnam War |
|
|
MiG-19
"Farmer" |
1952 |
First
European-made supersonic fighter |
|
|
MiG-21
"Fishbed" |
1959 |
Most-produced
supersonic fighter, widely exported |
|
|
MiG-23
"Flogger" |
1967 |
Most-produced
variable-geometry aircraft |
|
|
MiG-25
"Foxbat" |
1964 |
Fastest
mass-production aircraft, interceptor, and reconnaissance-bomber |
|
|
MiG-29
"Fulcrum" |
1977 |
Air
superiority and multi-role fighter |
|
|
MiG-31
"Foxhound" |
1981 |
Interceptor
based on MiG-25 |
|
|
MiG-35 |
2017 |
Advanced
multi-role fighter |
|
|
Ground
Attack |
MiG-27
"Flogger-D/J" |
1970 |
Ground-attack
variant of MiG-23 |
|
Naval |
MiG-29K
"Fulcrum-D" |
1988 |
Carrier-based
multi-role variant of MiG-29 |
|
Trainers |
MiG-AT |
- |
Advanced
jet trainer |
|
Experimental |
MiG-8
"Utka" |
1945 |
Aerodynamic
research aircraft |
|
MiG-105
"Spiral" |
1965 |
Orbital
interceptor prototype |
|
|
1.44 |
1998 |
Prototype
for PAK FA fifth-generation fighter |
Production and Global Presence
- Total Aircraft Produced: About 45,000
- Exported Units: 11,000 to over 40
countries
- Major Conflicts: Korean War, Vietnam War,
Arab-Israeli wars
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