Mikoyan MiG-27
Also known as Bahadur, Flogger-D, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27, MiG-27
attack aircraft model by Mikoyan
Key facts
- Type
- Ground-attack aircraft
- National origin
- Soviet Union
- Manufacturer
- Mikoyan
- Status
- Retired
- Primary users
- Soviet Air Forces (historical) Russian Air Force (historical) , Indian Air Force (historical) , Kazakh Air Force (historical)
- Number built
- 1,075 (including licensed production)
- Manufactured
- 1972–1995
- First flight
- 20 August 1970
- Retired
- 1993 (Russia), 2019 (India), 2023 (Kazakhstan)
- Developed from
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
via Wikipedia infobox
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The Mikoyan MiG-27 (Russian: Микоян МиГ-27; NATO reporting name: Flogger-D/J) is a variable-sweep ground-attack aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union and later licence-produced in India by Hindustan Aeronautics as the Bahadur ("Valiant"). It is based on the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 fighter aircraft, but optimised for air-to-ground attack. Unlike the MiG-23, the MiG-27 did not have widespread use outside the Soviet Union, as most countries opted for the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BN and Sukhoi Su-22 instead. As of late 2023, all Russian, Indian, Sri Lankan, Ukrainian, and Kazakh MiG-27s have been retired, bringing the type's service to an end.
Design and development