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The Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum tactical fighter was designed as the Soviet respon seto thenew generation of fighters from Western countries. The program startedin the early 1970s with the first flight on 6th October 1977. The Mig-29A (Izdeliye 9.12) can be armed with many kinds of weapon sincluding the R-27R semi-active radar homing AAM, the R-27R, R-73, R-60 IR homingAAMs, the internal cannon and a series of bombs or rockets. Besides the weapon s, the Mig-29 can carry a 1520-litre centreline drop tank for long-rangeoperations and ferry flight s. In September 1988 twoMig-29s (including one MiG-29A) made their debut in the West at the Farnborough Internation al Airshow in U.K. The downgraded A version of the Mig-29 (Izdeliye/Product 9.12, NATO code nameFulcrum-A), has been exported to many countries such as Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany,Hungary etc.
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