MiG-35, a replacement for MiG-29. By the end of 1991, almost 1,200 single-seater MiG-29 Izdeliye 9-12s and 9-13s, as well as 200 MiG-29UB Izdeliye 9-51s, were manufactured with majority entering in service of Soviet Air Force and Air Defense Force. It was planned to retire the old Product 9-12s and replace them with modern MiG-29M product 9-15 The MiG-35, nicknamed “Fulcrum-F” by the NATO Air Standardization Coordinating Committee (ASCC), is an evolution of the MiG-29 “Fulcrum” which first flew in 1977 as an air defence combat aircraft with a minor capability to perform reconnaissance and strike missions, like the MiG-21. The “Fulcrum-F” has a quadruple-redundant Fly-By 1974 MiG 21UM $249,000. Believe it or not, the fearsome, Russian-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG 21 is still being flown today by Indian and Syrian air forces, more than 65 years after its maiden MiG-35. RSK MiG-35 ( v kóde NATO: „ Fulcrum-F “) je ruské dvojmotorové viacúčelové stíhacie lietadlo generácie 4++. Je určené nielen na vybojovanie nadvlády vo vzduchu, ale aj na ničenie pozemných a námorných cieľov. Spočiatku sa uvažovalo, že moderné MiGy-35 by mohli v ruskom letectve nahradiť zastarané stroje MiG-29. In a unique teaming, the F-35s are flying these missions with MiG-29 fighter jets. On March 29, the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office (JPO) took to Twitter to post a video of Dutch F-35 and Polish MiG-29 fighters flying interception training missions over Malbork, Poland, under the banner of NATO’s Air Policing Mission. As told by Steve Davies in his book F-15C Eagle Units in Combat, the 493rd FS would claim four Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Air Force (FRYAF) MiG-29s destroyed during the brief campaign. The first MiG-29 kill that night fell to Lt Col Cesar Rodriguez, a double MiG-killing veteran of Desert Storm. Rodriguez (in F-15C 86-0169) claimed his third So BVR the Mig-29 as of now has the F-16 beat. So this kinda goes to interceptor vs bfm fighter debate. Would the Mig-29 win before the F-16 closes in, or does the F-16 close in and defeat the Mig-29. Now while yes, I am an F-16 fan since birth, but through my experience the F-16 smokes the Mig-29 no matter what. Name: Mikoyan MiG-29 Shenyang J-11; Type: Air superiority fighter, Multirole fighter: Air superiority fighter: Origin: Russia: China: Produced: 1982: 1998: Unit cost: The Su-35 does not only appear to be the more powerful of the two, but it also is the expensive one. The MiG-35, however, retains significant advantages, such as operational costs. The operational cost of the MiG-35 is 20% lesser than that of its predecessor, the MiG-29, making it one of the high-end fighters available at an economical price. The MIG-35 is powered by twin RD-33MK turbofan jet engines with 7% more power than the baseline RD-33 used in the MIG-29. The new engine negates the smoke-billowing characteristics of the RD-33 and now produces 9,000kgf thrust. The aircraft has a climb rate of 330m/s, maximum speed of 2,400 km/h and service ceiling of 17,500m. vKUV.