Mikoyan MiG-29
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The Mikoyan MiG-29 is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the MiG-29, along with the larger Sukhoi Su-27, was developed to counter new U.S. fighters such as the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. The MiG-29 entered service with the Soviet Air Forces in 1983.
A Soviet Air Forces MiG-29 parked after a display flight at the Abbotsford Air Show, 1989
A Russian Air Force MiG-29UB trainer landing
MiG-29UB of the Swifts aerobatic team
Infrared search and track
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An infrared search and track (IRST) system is a method for detecting and tracking objects which give off infrared radiation, such as the infrared signatures of jet aircraft and helicopters.
An IRST sensor on a Sukhoi Su-35
An F-8E of VMF(AW)-235 at Da Nang, in April 1966 showing the IRST in front of the canopy.
AN/AAA-4 IRST under nose of F-4 Phantom
Optronique secteur frontal (IRST) of the Dassault Rafale, below the cockpit and to the side of the refueling boom. On the left, the main IR sensor (100 km range), on the right a TV/IR identification sensor with laser rangefinder (40 km range)