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The Best Russian Migs Ranked – Top 15 Migs

Migs Ranked Best to Worse

List of aircraft manufactured by Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG, previously Mikoyan, a Russian aircraft manufacturer. MiG-28: a fictional aircraft used as a main antagonist in 1986‘s Top Gun. The real MiG-28 that was used was a Northrop F-5.  Aircraft in the MiG family made by a Soviet design bureau founded in 1939 by Artem Mikoyan (M) and Mikhail Gurevich (G). (The i in MiG stands for and.”)

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1.     Mig-21 – 1956 Fighter and Interceptor

Mig-21 - 1956 Fighter and Interceptor

Developed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union, the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is a legendary fighter/interceptor that has been in service since 1956.

2.     Mig-35 – 2009 Multirole Fighter

As a multirole fighter, Mikoyan MiG-35 is a Russian aircraft designed by Mikoyan, a subsidiary of UAC. It competes with the Eurofighter Typhoon, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Dassault Rafale, JAS 39 Gripen and F-16 Falcon

3.     Mig-25 – 1964 Interceptor and Reconnaissance Aircraft

MiG-25 is a Mikoyan-Gurevich supersonic interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft that was one of the fastest military aircraft to enter service. Its first prototype flew on 6 March 1964 as a reconnaissance variant called Ye-155-R1.

4.     Mig-3 – 1940 Fighter and Interceptor

Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG, formerly Mikoyan, produced the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 during World War II. MiG-3, 1940, Fighter and interceptor with a Mikulin AM-35A engine of 1,350 horsepower.

5.     Mig-23 – 1967 Fighter and Fighter-Bomber

Mig-23 - 1967 Fighter and Fighter-Bomber

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 is a Soviet variable-geometry fighter aircraft originally designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in 1966. It belongs to the third generation of Soviet jet fighters and was first manufactured in 1967.

6.     Mig-29M – Improved Multirole Fighter Variant of The Mig-29

Mig-29M - Improved Multirole Fighter Variant of The Mig-29

A revised version of the MiG-29M/M2 was developed. It had enhanced air-to-air and air-to-ground high-precision weapons, as well as a significantly increased combat range thanks to an increase in the capacity of its internal fuel tank.

7.     Mig-19 – 1952 Fighter

Mig-19 - 1952 Fighter

A well-acclaimed Cold War fighter, the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG19 was produced in many versions by a variety of manufacturers, including the SM-1 in 1952 that achieved supersonic flight at 16400 ft. and the SM11 produced in 1974.

8.     Mig-31 – 1975 Interceptor

Soviet Air Forces developed the Mikoyan MiG-31 supersonic interceptor aircraft that was built as a home-defense interceptor and never exported or used in combat. It was developed to replace the MiG-25 “Foxbat” in place of the Russian-built MiG-31 “Mikoyan MiG-31“.

9.     Mig-29 – 1977 Air Superiority Fighter and Multirole Fighter

MiG-29s are twin-engine jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union by their Mikoyan design bureau. When MiG-29s were introduced in 1977, they were compared to Russia’s Legendary Air Superiority, and the Multirole.

10.  Mig-29K – 1988 All-Weather Carrier-Based Multirole Fighter

Mikoyan MiG-29K is a Russian all-weather multirole fighter aircraft … The MiG-29K performed its first flight on 23 July 1988 at Saky by test Since the first flight in 1988, accidents have occurred in 2011, 2016, and 2019.

11.  Mig-1 – 1940 Fighter

During World War II, the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1 was a Soviet fighter aircraft built in response to a requirement for a high-altitude fighter issued in 1939. One Mikulin AM-35A liquidcooled V12 engine was fitted to one of the prototypes, and the aircraft was seen in action on 5 April 1940.

12.  Mig-17 – 1950 Fighter

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 high-subsonic fighter aircraft, which, on 17 March 1950, lost its horizontal tail and crashed after tearing it off. A major problem for allied air forces operating over Vietnam during the Korean War, the MiG-17 was a refinement of the MiG-15 from that conflict.

13.  Mig-15 – 1947 Fighter

Mig-15 - 1947 Fighter

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union. It first flew on 30 December 1947. The MiG-15 is a single-seater, single-engine Soviet jet fighter, and it was the first aircraft to benefit from the British sale of Rolls-Royce engines to Russia.

14.  Mig-9 – 1946 Fighter

Despite its impressive appearance  no doubt enabled by captured German research following World War II  the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 was the first turbojet fighter developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich after World War II.

15.  Mig-27 – 1970 Ground-Attack Aircraft

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 is a variable-sweep ground-attack aircraft originally designed by the Soviet Union’s Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau, and later known as the Swing-Wing Ground Attack aircraft [1975].

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