{"id":56984,"date":"2024-09-03T21:01:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T19:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=56984"},"modified":"2025-09-03T00:04:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T22:04:27","slug":"western-weapons-used-by-ukrainian-mig-29-fighters-against-the-russians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/09\/03\/western-weapons-used-by-ukrainian-mig-29-fighters-against-the-russians\/","title":{"rendered":"Western weapons used by Ukrainian MiG-29 fighters against the Russians"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since its creation in 1991, the Ukrainian Air Force has had the Soviet MiG-29 as one of its main fighter aircraft.<\/p>\n

Ukraine conquers more Russian territory in ten days than Russia did in its invasion in eight months<\/a><\/rel>
\nThe Ukrainian Air Force shows off its F-16 fighters, revealing some details<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

According to Jowi Morales<\/a>, in 2022, at the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Air Force had 43 MiG-29 fighters<\/strong>, 26 Su-27 fighters, 12 Su-24 attack aircraft, and 17 Su-25 attack aircraft, for a total of 98 fighter aircraft<\/strong>. After the invasion began, Ukraine received 27 MiG-29s from Poland (the most modernized) and Slovakia.<\/p>\n

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A single-seat MiG-29 (top) and a two-seat MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Air Force in a photo released in April 2022 (Photo: \u041a\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u041f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0442\u0440\u044f\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0421\u0438\u043b \u0417\u0421\u0423<\/a>).<\/div>\n

Currently, the Ukrainian Air Force would have 47 MiG-29s in active service<\/strong>, being its main fighter aircraft, waiting to receive all of the 129 F-16s that have been donated by the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Denmark and Norway<\/a>. Both the MiG-29 and the F-16 are fourth-generation fighters. The Soviet aircraft entered service a few years after the American one, but has aged worse<\/strong>, currently becoming obsolete while the F-16 continues to be modernized and remains in production.<\/p>\n

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A Ukrainian MiG-29 with an American AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missile, with a message in Ukrainian for the Russian invaders, in a photo released in April 2023 (Photo: \u041a\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u041f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0442\u0440\u044f\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0421\u0438\u043b \u0417\u0421\u0423<\/a>).<\/div>\n

Although the MiG-29 is faster than the F-16, the latter wins hands down in range and weapons loadout,<\/strong> and the American fighter has more modern avionics and a much more advanced arsenal. However, Ukraine\u2019s Western partners have helped modernize its MiG-29s, enabling it to use more modern weaponry,<\/strong> which has already been in use for some time by the Ukrainian Air Force in its defense against Russian invaders. A few days ago, the Ukrainian Air Force published two videos showing this armament on its MiG-29s:<\/strong><\/p>\n