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MILITARY AIRCRAFT DIRECTORY 'be Fulcrum remains a common sight at the Russian air force's Ahktubinsk test and evaluation range \ entered service in the late 1980s, armed with Okm-range AS-11 Kilter anti-radar missiles, n 1980, a MiG-2 5PD Foxbat E modified inter- eptor with a limited look-down capability ntered service. Customers: Algeria 36, CIS 600+, India 10, raq 20+, Libya 55, Syria 40+. IIG-29 FULCRUM GOVERNMENT PROMISES of funding to omplete development of the MiG-2 9M made 11995 have failed to materialise. MIG MAPO ias also failed to interest die air force in a thrust ector-equipped variant of die aircraft, dubbed be MiG-3 5. The air force is interested, howev- r, in more limited upgrades to its Fulcrum fleet, ome 18 MiG-29Ns have been delivered to Malaysia after conclusion of a deal in 1994. Flight-tests of the MiG-29M began in 1989. 'he M model also has the Phazotron N-O10 'huk radar, and die associated Vympel R-77 \A-12 Adder) active-radar medium-range missile. Other variants in die Fulcrum family include theMiG-29SE,MiG-29SM, and MiG- 29SD, as well as the MJG-29K. More than 500 Fulcrums are operational with the CIS air force, and some 300 have been exported. Customers: CIS/Russia 500+, Cuba 36, Czech and Slovak Republics 20+, Germany 24, India 44, Iran 30+, Iraq 40+, North Korea 30+, Syria 80, Malaysia 18, Yugoslavia 14+. MIG-31 FOXHOUND THE MIG-31M FOXHOUND B upgrade programme has effectively ended with only six prototypes built. At least two aircraft remain at the Ahktubinsk air base in southern Russia. The aircraft may be used as developmental testbed aircraft for the radar and weapons systems. Two examples of an anti-satellite MiG-31M Foxhound were also produced. The basic Foxhound remains in service with the Russian air-defence forces. Customers: CIS 300. ARTICLE 1-42 TWO PROTOTYPES OF THE design bureau's fifth-generation fighter, referred to as Article 1.44s, have been built, but have yet to be flown. The aircraft will, at best, be used only as a technology-demonstrator programme. The air craft is a close-coupled delta-canard twin-engine single-seat design in the 30-35t-weight class. MIG-AT MAPO is competing with Yakovlev for the Russian air force's replacement for its Aero L-39 jet trainer. The MiG-AT is a two-seat, twin tur- bofan advanced jet trainer. The prototype was rolled out in May 1995, with a first flight in March 1997. LFI MIG MAPO has begun work on a fifth-gener ation lightweight fighter to supersede its MFI. Single- and twin-engined designs are being considered for an aircraft on the 20t class. Powerplant MiG-23Mt Flogger G Fighter/attack 1 x Aeroengine Scientific Technical Complex Soyuz 1,150 Range with max int fuel MiG-25P Foxbat Interceptor/air superiority Thrust Span Length Max kW/kN dry re-heat m m range km R35 300 turbojet- 78.5kN 122kN 7.8 16.71 2 x Aero-engine Scientific Technical Complex Soyuz R15BD 300 turbojet 86.3kN109.75kN14.02 Range with max int fuel MiG-27 Flogger D Attack 1 x Aeroengine Scientific Technical Complex Soyuz MiG-29 Fulcrum Interceptor/air superiority 2 x Klimov RD 33 turbofan max int fuel MiG-31 Foxhound Interceptor/air superiority 2 x Soloviev 0-30F turbojet MiG-AT LigM-attack/rrainerturboran-powered 2 x Snecma-Turbomeca Larzac 04-R20 turbofan 2h 5min R29B 300 turbojet - 78.45kN122.3kN 0 540 Max Hardpoints Ceiling Payload speed ft kg kt 1.9501350K/2.35M 5 60,700 19.75 l,2501620kt/2.83M - 16.7 - 1.885kt/1.7M 7 50kN 82kN 11.36 17.32 l,5002450kt/2.3M - 55.775 13.46 22.69 3,3001620kt/2.83M - 67,600 - 14.1kN • 10.16 12.01 300 460 50,850 Crew Pax Warload Endurance kg h/min 3,000 62.335 - 1 45,900 - 3.000 2 - • 3h36min 1/2 - Combat radius km 2,000 4,000 720 Range is ferry; contender for Russian air force trainer programme; Prototype LIGHT INTERNATIONAL 29 October - 4 November 1997 65
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