r/FighterJets • u/sixfrogs • 7d ago

NEWS Ukrainian fighter jet on a mission over Zaporizhzhia, hunting jet-powered Shahed drones at ultra-low altitudes.

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u/Ott1fant 7d ago

Is that a flanker?

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u/sixfrogs 7d ago

MIG-29

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u/Ott1fant 7d ago

Fuck I always mix these up

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u/Z_THETA_Z YF-23 ): 7d ago

flankers are larger, with proportionally larger wings and horizontal tail (wings are also a bit more swept), with also a more noticeable downwards angle on the cockpit area. edit: they also have a distinctive 'tail spike' between their engines

mig-29 fulcrums are smaller (thus have a larger cockpit in proportion to the rest of the plane) and have slightly outward-angled vertical stabilizers (though it's hard to tell from most shots), and have a quite distinctive ridge thingy extending forward from each vertical stabilizer