The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.

Mikoyan MiG-29

Soviet twin-engine jet fighter aircraft

The Mikoyan MiG-29 is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the MiG-29, along with the larger Sukhoi Su-27, was developed to counter U.S. fighters such as the McDonnell…