fighters such as the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. 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 new U.S. The Mikoyan MiG-29 ( Russian: Микоян МиГ-29 NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union.