The Mikoyan MiG-29M is a Russian multirole fighter that first flew in 2005. 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.
Mikoyan MiG-29M
Cockpit of a MiG-29M at MAKS 1997
Weapons load display of a MiG-29SMT at MAKS 2011
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.
Mikoyan MiG-29
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