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Title: Had No Choice: Why America Bought 21 MiG-29 Russian-Built Fighters
Source: National Interest
URL Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli ... r/vi-AA1oYKu7?ocid=socialshare
Published: Aug 18, 2024
Author: Peter Suciu
Post Date: 2024-08-18 12:29:07 by BTP Holdings
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Views: 334
Comments: 3

Had No Choice: Why America Bought 21 MiG-29 Russian-Built Fighters

Story by Peter Suciu • 18 August 2024

Summary and Top Points: The Mikoyan MiG-29, a fourth-generation fighter developed by the Soviet Union to counter U.S. aircraft like the F-15 and F-16, remains in service 40 years after its debut.

-Used by multiple nations, including Russia and Ukraine, the MiG-29's maneuverability in close-range dogfights proved formidable.

-Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the U.S. purchased 21 MiG-29s from Moldova in 1997 to prevent them from being sold to Iran, which could have used them for nuclear delivery.

-These aircraft were used for evaluation by the U.S. military, and some are now displayed at military bases.

Developed to counter the then-new United States fighters such as the ">McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, the Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name "Fulcrum") entered service with the Soviet Air Forces in 1983.

The twin-engine fighter aircraft was developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter. More than 1,600 were produced, and the MiG-29 proved to be one of the most capable fourth-generation fighter aircraft.

Four decades later, it remains in service today; not only with Russia but with a number of former Soviet Republics.

The MiG-29 has been employed by both Russian and Ukrainian forces in the ongoing conflict.

Export models of the Fulcrum were also sold to East Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Peru, Poland, Syria, Sudan, and Yugoslavia. However, there is a nation not expected to be on a list of "operators" of the MiG-29 – namely the United States.

MiG-29: NATO MiGs

Following the reunification of Germany, the Luftwaffe began to incorporate the MiG-29s that had been operated by the former East German Air Force. That provided United States Air Force pilots with an opportunity to come face to face with an aircraft that could have encountered had the Cold War gone another direction.

U.S. pilots were even able to experience the MiG-29 Fulcrum in aerial exercises and quickly discovered that in short-range dogfights fought at low speeds, the MiG-29 demonstrated agility that they could not match with their respective aircraft.

Assessments further found that at ranges out to 40 miles apart American aircraft enjoyed an advantage over the Fulcrum, but at ranges of 10 miles apart, that advantage was rapidly diminishing and by the time engagements closed to five miles apart the MiG-29's superior maneuverability gave it an advantage.

The American MiG-29s

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late 1991, it became clear that an emergency situation was dangerously close. Some 30,000 nuclear weapons and a vast arms production complex were spread over four sovereign states.

This led to the Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program that sought to secure and dismantle weapons of mass destruction. Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan became "nuclear weapons free" because of this program, but Congress also provided funds to the Department of Defense to help ensure that nuclear weapons or those capable of carrying nuclear armament couldn't end up in the wrong hands.

In November 1997, the United States used CTR funds to purchase 21 nuclear-capable MiG-29 aircraft from the Republic of Moldova – which had been part of the former Soviet Union.

The United States had feared that Moldova might sell these MiG-29 aircraft to a nation seeking nuclear delivery capabilities – notably Iran.

MiG-29

This came about after Moldovan authorities had informed Washington that the Islamic Republic had expressed interest in the aircraft.

Iran was already an operator of the MiG-29, but the Clinton administration feared the modernized MiG-29C variants possessed by Moldova could be used for the delivery of nuclear weapons. The United States moved forward with a deal to acquire the aircraft instead and paid $40 million along with humanitarian assistance that included non- lethal defense equipment such as trucks.

The purchase also provided the tactical jet fighter communities of the United States Air Force, the United States Navy, and the United States Marine Corps with a working evaluation and data for the MiG-29, and possibly for use in dissimilar air combat training.

In late 1997, the 21 MiGs - including 14 MiG-29Cs – were delivered to the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright- Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Exactly how the MiG-29s were used isn't as clear.

Some may have been tested, but in the end, most were probably scrapped. However, at least a handful can now be displayed at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada; Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon, Nevada; Goodfellow AFB, Texas; and at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.


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#1. To: BTP Holdings (#0)

Death to America

A rainbow coalition against Jews doesn't require Whites or Pro-Whites. It can be just as brown or anti-white as you like.

Prefrontal Vortex  posted on  2024-08-18   14:29:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#1)

Death to America

They might have used funds from the "black budget" to purchase those Mig-29s from Moldova.

You know what profligate spenders there are in CONgress. ;)

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2024-08-18   16:21:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#1)

Death to America

“The most terrifying force of death comes from the hands of Men who wanted to be left Alone.
TRUE TERROR will arrive at these people’s door, and they will cry, scream, and beg for mercy…
but it will fall upon the deaf ears of the Men who just wanted to be left alone.”

Esso  posted on  2024-08-18   16:25:24 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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