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The MiG-29 is a Soviet Fighter. It was a replacement for the old MiG models the Mig-21 and the MiG-23. It ha a single seat, and it looks similar to the American fighter plane the F/A 18 Hornet. the MiG-29 has good maneuverability at high angles of attack. It has a Doppler look-down/shoot down radar, a laser rangefinder, infrared seeker/tracker-system, and the MiG also has a helmet-mounted target-designation. |
| The MiG-29 took its first flight on on October 6, 1977. It has a wing span of 37.29 feet and a wing area of 408 square feet. the MiG is 56.83 feet long, and it stand 15.54feet of the ground. Its max speed is 1,520 mph at the height of 36,090 feet. The mach speed the MiG flies at is 2.3. |
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The MiG-29's climb rate is 65,000 feet per minute. The known combat for the MiG-29 is Iraq (desert storm), Chechnya, Bosnia (operation deliberate force Serbia 1994), and Kosovo (operation allied force Serbia 1999) |
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The F/A 18 Hornet was a replacement for the A-7 Corsair attack fighter. It was produced by both Northrop and McDonnell Douglas. The F-18 and the A-18 were combined to make the fighter plane the F/A 18 Hornet. The F/A 18 has advanced arrays of avionics, cockpit displays, powerful engines, high angel-of attacks aerodynamics, and a wide range of weaponry. It is great with accuracy, |
| maneuverability, and plain effectiveness. They have up graded the F-18c single-seat and the F-18D two-seat models though similar there were many new improvements to the new models, some of which helped the night time attack capability. the F-18B is only a trainer plane. The unit cost was about $57 million dollars. The propulsion for the F/A -18 is two F414-GE-400 turbo fan engines. |
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The propulsion for the F/A -18 is two F414-GE-400 turbo fan engines. The mach speed is about 1.8 or more. The length of the plane is about 60.3 feet, and the height is 16 feet. The F/A 18Hornets wingspan is 44.9 feet. The F/A 18 is one of the military's amazing fighter planes. |
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The A-10 was originally painted camouflage for much of its service, but was replaced to the compass gray ghost. Though the A-10 was not a favorite with the fight pilots the A-10 has shown its effectiveness in close-air-support. No one plane has has been better at penetrating enemies armor then the A-10. It is assigned to the "Panthers" of the 52nd Fighter wing. |
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The A-10 is still used in the united states military, and will probably be used for many years. the A-10 is a one crew plane. It was developed in March of 1972. It cost an average of $8.8 million. The A-10 was the first plane made for close up air support. It has a length of 53.33 feet and the height of 14.67 feet. Its wingspan is 57.50 feet with a wing area of 506 square feet. The max speed at sea level is 440 mph. Its climb rate is 6,000 feet per minute. The combat known for the A-10is as follows It played an important role in Iraq (Desert Storm 1991), Bosnia (Operation Deliberate Force), Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom 2001...), and Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003...) |
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The A-10 has great maneuverability in low air speed and altitude areas. It also has high accurate weapons. It is powered by two general electric TF-34-100A turbo fan engines. This plane is equipped with amazing avionics. Having communications, inertial navigation system, Fire control, and weapons delivery system, target penetration aids, and night vision goggles. the first A-10 was produced and sent to Davis-Monthan Air Force base in October of '75. Then in March |