MiG-29M | |
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General information | |
Type | Multirole fighter |
National origin | Russia |
Manufacturer | Mikoyan |
Designer | |
Status | In service |
Primary users | Russian Aerospace Forces |
History | |
First flight | 2005[1] |
Developed from | Mikoyan MiG-29 |
Variants | Mikoyan MiG-29K |
Developed into | Mikoyan MiG-35 |
The Mikoyan MiG-29M (Russian: Микоян МиГ-29M; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-E) is a Russian multirole fighter that first flew in 2005.[1] The unified platform that is the MiG-29 is now comprised by the MiG-29M and a naval carrier variant, the MiG-29K. A direct predecessor of the MiG-29M, sometimes known informally as the "MiG-33", was developed by the Mikoyan design bureau in the mid-1980s.