List of Mikoyan and MiG aircraft

This is a list of aircraft produced by Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG, formerly Mikoyan, a Russian aircraft manufacturer.

Models

Designation NATO Year Stage Remarks
MiG-1 1940 Production Fighter, prototypes called I-200
MiG-3 1940 Production Fighter and interceptor, testbed for numerous experimental variants, most notably I-211/MiG-9E
MiG-5 / DIS 1941 Prototype Escort fighter
MiG-6 1940 Design Reconnaissance/ground attack aircraft, remained a paper project
MiG-7 1944 Prototype MiG-3 re-engined with an AM-38 inline engine, prototype called I-223
MiG-8 "Utka" 1945 Prototype Liaison aircraft
MiG-9 Fargo 1946 Production Fighter, MiG's first jet, prototype called I-300, testbed for variants
MiG-15 Fagot 1947 Production Fighter, world's most-produced jet, prototype called I-310
MiG-17 Fresco 1950 Production Fighter, based on the MiG-15
MiG-19 Farmer 1952 Production Fighter, MiG's first supersonic fighter, first mass-produced supersonic fighter, prototype called I-360
MiG-21 Fishbed 1959 Production Fighter and interceptor, most-produced supersonic fighter, widely exported to other air forces, originally to be based on Ye-5 but instead developed from MiG-19 variant SM-12, basis of many other variants
MiG-23 Flogger 1967 Production Fighter and fighter-bomber, most-produced variable-geometry aircraft, originally to be based on Ye-2A or Ye-8
MiG-25 Foxbat 1964 Production Interceptor and reconnaissance-bomber, fastest mass-production aircraft
MiG-27 Flogger-D/J 1970 Production Ground-attack aircraft derived from the MiG-23
MiG-29 Fulcrum 1977 Production Air superiority fighter and multi-role fighter
MiG-29K Fulcrum-D 1988 Production Carrier-based multi-role fighter, naval variant of the MiG-33/MiG-29M
MiG-29M Fulcrum-E 2005 Production Improved variant of MiG-29 and MiG-33
MiG-31 Foxhound 1975 Production Interceptor, based on the MiG-25
MiG-33 1980 Prototype Eventually delivered as MiG-29, designation also used for development of some MiG-29 variants and marketed as "Super Fulcrum"
MiG-35 Fulcrum-F 2007 Production Air superiority and multi-role fighter, based on the MiG-29
MiG-41 Planned Design Stealth interceptor/heavy fighter under development as Mikoyan PAK DP, expected to be introduced in 2028

Other experimental projects and prototypes

  • MiG I-210 (IKh) - MiG-3 re-engined with a M-82A radial engine, 1941; also known as MiG-9
  • MiG I-211 (E) - high-altitude fighter prototype, refined I-210, 1943
  • MiG I-220 (A) - high-altitude interceptor prototype developed from the MiG-3, 1943
  • MiG I-221 (2A) - high-altitude pressurized interceptor prototype developed from the I-220 and powered by a twin-supercharged AM-39A inline engine, 1943
  • MiG I-222 (3A) - high-altitude, high-speed pressurized interceptor prototype, 1943
  • MiG I-224 (4A) - I-222 with improved air-air radiator and special high-altitude propeller, 1944
  • MiG I-225 (5A) - high-altitude interceptor prototype, 1944; heaviest and most powerful of the I-220 family
  • MiG I-230/MiG-3U (D) - improved MiG-3 powered by a AM-35A engine, 1942
  • MiG I-231 (2D) - I-230 with AM-39 engine and all-metal fuselage, 1943
  • MiG I-250 (N) - motorjet fighter prototype, 1945; erroneously known as MiG-13
  • MiG I-270 (Zh) - rocket-powered interceptor prototype, 1947
  • MiG I-300 (F) - prototype for MiG-9, 1946; MiG's first jet fighter design
  • MiG I-301T (FT) - experimental two-seat trainer version of MiG-9, 1946; first Soviet aircraft with an ejection seat
  • MiG I-305 (FL) - experimental version of MiG-9 powered by a Lyulka TR-1A engine, 1947
  • MiG I-307 (FF) - prototype version of MiG-9 powered by afterburning RD-20F engines, 1947
  • MiG I-308 (FR) - prototype version of MiG-9 with RD-21 engines and a pressurized cockpit, 1947
  • MiG I-310 (S) - prototype for MiG-15, 1947
  • MiG I-320 (FN) - single-engine, straight-wing version of MiG-9, MiG-15 predecessor, 1948
  • MiG I-320 (R) - twin-engine, all-weather heavy fighter-interceptor prototype, 1949
  • MiG I-330 (SI) - prototype for MiG-17, 1949
  • MiG I-340/SM-1 - prototype version of MiG-17 with two Mikulin AM-5 engines, 1952
  • MiG I-350 (M) - fighter prototype, 1951; first Soviet fighter to maintain supersonic speed
  • MiG I-360/SM-2 - derivative of I-350, powered by Mikulin AM-5 engines, 1952
  • MiG I-370/I-1 - swept-wing supersonic fighter prototype, 1955
  • MiG I-3 family - fighter prototypes in the 1950s
  • MiG I-7 - heavy interceptor fighter prototype developed from the I-3, 1957
  • MiG I-75 - swept-wing interceptor developed from the I-7, 1958; lost to the Sukhoi Su-9
  • Ye-8 - supersonic jet fighter aircraft prototype, 1962; planned replacement of the MiG-21
  • Ye-150 family - prototype interceptors in the 1950s
  • MiG-AT - advanced trainer/light attack prototype, 1996; lost to the Yakovlev Yak-130
  • MiG-105 Spiral - 1965
  • MiG-110 - proposed cargo/passenger aircraft, 1995; not built
  • MiG-2000 - ramjet-powered SSTO spaceplane, 1990s; lost to the Tupolev Tu-2000
  • MiG MFI objekt 1.44/1.42 - 1986–2000
  • MiG LFI project
  • Mikoyan LMFS - proposed stealth light multirole fighter; developed into the Sukhoi Su-75
  • Mikoyan Skat - stealth UCAV
  • Mikoyan MiG SVB - proposed regional airliner and tactical transport, 1990-94; not built

Fictional

  • MiG-28: a fictional aircraft flown by the antagonist in the 1986 film Top Gun. The real aircraft used to portray the MiG-28 was a Northrop F-5.[1]
Full-scale MiG-31 Firefox model used in the film Firefox parked at Van Nuys Airport, California in May 1982

Naming conventions

MiGs follow the convention of using odd numbers for fighter aircraft. However, this naming convention is maintained not directly by MiG, but by ordering institutions, such as Ministry of Defence or Council of Ministers' Military-Industrial Commission (before the dissolution of the Soviet Union). The original designations for MiG aircraft are 2- or 3-digit numbers, separated by a dot. 1.44 or 1.42 is an example of the original naming. Although the MiG-8 and MiG-110 exist, they are not fighters. The MiG-105 "Spiral" was designed as an orbital interceptor, contemporaneous with the U.S. Air Force's cancelled X-20 Dyna-Soar.

References

  1. ^ "Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter (And T-38 Talon)". pacificaviationmuseum.org. 2012-10-11. Retrieved 12 February 2022. Aggressor F-5s were in disguise as the "MiG 28s" in Top Gun.
  2. ^ Sebastien Roblin (12 November 2016). "Russia's MiG-31 Fighter Is a Mach 3 Monster (Even at 35 Years Old)". The National Interest. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  3. ^ "MiG-31 Firefox in flight – Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004". Flyawaysimulation.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  4. ^ "MiG 37B Ferrett Stealth Fighter by Testors". Fantastic-plastic.com. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  5. ^ Bentley, Chris (2017). Hearn, Marcus (ed.). Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons: The Vault. Cambridge, UK: Signum Books/Flashpoint Media. ISBN 978-0-995519-12-1.