Mikoyan MiG-29M
| MiG-29M | |
|---|---|
| A Russian Air Force MiG-29M2 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Multirole fighter |
| National origin | Russia |
| Manufacturer | Mikoyan |
| Designer | |
| Status | In service |
| Primary users | Russian Aerospace Forces |
| History | |
| First flight | 2005 |
| Developed from | Mikoyan MiG-29 |
| Variants | Mikoyan MiG-29K |
| Developed into | Mikoyan MiG-35 |
The Mikoyan MiG-29M (Russian: Микоян МиГ-29M; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-E) is a Russian multirole fighter that first flew in 2005. The unified platform that is the MiG-29 is now comprised by the MiG-29M and a naval carrier variant, the MiG-29K. A direct predecessor of the MiG-29M, sometimes known informally as the "MiG-33", was developed by the Mikoyan design bureau in the mid-1980s.