Aircraft encyclopedia

Aircraft models with their history, specifications and variants.

Museum Pusat TNI AU Dirgantara Mandala, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (CC BY SA), vía commons
Martin Salajka (CC BY SA), vía commons
Fighter · 1947
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (NATO reporting name "Fagot") was the first mass-produced Soviet swept-wing jet fighter, and with it the Soviet Union drew level with Western combat aviation almost overnight. The I-310 "S-01" prototype — a…
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Fighter · 1955
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 — NATO reporting name «Fishbed» — is the delta-winged supersonic fighter-interceptor with which the Soviet Union equipped its own fighter arm, and that of much of the world, from 1959 onwards. Aircrews named it…
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Fighter · 1977
Sukhoi Su-27
The Sukhoi Su-27, given the NATO reporting name "Flanker", is the twin-engine heavy fighter with which the Soviet Union set out to answer, aircraft for aircraft, the American generation led by the F-15 Eagle and the F-14 Tomcat. Conceived…
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Md Shaifuzzaman Ayon (CC BY SA), vía commons
Clemens Vasters from Viersen, Germany (CC BY), vía commons
Khanklatt (CC BY SA), vía commons
Fighter · 1977
MiG-29
The MiG-29 is the light air-superiority fighter with which the Soviet Union answered America's fourth generation. Christened "Fulcrum" by NATO, its low-speed agility and famous cobra manoeuvre made it the airshow star of the late Cold…
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Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia (CC BY SA), vía commons
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Сергей Бобылев / Sergey Bobylev @ Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (CC BY), vía commons
Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia (CC BY SA), vía commons
Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia (CC BY SA), vía commons
Fighter · 2010
Sukhoi Su-57
The Sukhoi Su-57 «Felon» is a twin-engine fifth-generation multirole fighter and the first aircraft designed with stealth technology to enter service with the Russian armed forces. It grew out of the PAK FA programme — the Russian acronym…
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Aircraft encyclopedia

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21

Sukhoi Su-27

MiG-29

Sukhoi Su-57