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Interesting article on the MiG-29, the plane Poland is offering to Ukraine ...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/truth-about-mig-29-180952403/And some background on the designation 'MiG':
Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG (Российская самолетостроительная корпорация «МиГ»), or RSK MiG, is a Russian joint stock company. Formerly Mikoyan-and-Gurevich Design Bureau (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич, МиГ ), then simply Mikoyan, it is a military aircraft design bureau, primarily designing fighter aircraft. Its head office is in Begovoy District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow.[1]
It was formerly a Soviet design bureau, and was founded by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich as "Mikoyan and Gurevich", with the bureau prefix "MiG." Upon Mikoyan's death in 1970, Gurevich's name was dropped from the name of the bureau, although the bureau prefix remained "MiG". The firm also operates several machine-building and design bureaus, including the Kamov helicopter plant.
MiG aircraft are a staple of the Soviet and Russian air forces, and the Soviet Union sold many of these planes within its sphere of influence. They have been used by the militaries of China, North Korea, and North Vietnam in aerial confrontations with American and allied forces, and form part of the air forces of many Arab nations. It was recently reported that MiG jet fighters are being used by the Government forces of Syria against insurgents in civil neighborhoods in Aleppo[2]
In 2006, the Russian government merged 100% of Mikoyan shares with Ilyushin, Irkut, Sukhoi, Tupolev, and Yakovlev as a new company named United Aircraft Corporation.[3] Specifically, Mikoyan and Sukhoi were placed within the same operating unit.[4]
https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Mikoyan
It was formerly a Soviet design bureau, and was founded by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich as "Mikoyan and Gurevich", with the bureau prefix "MiG." Upon Mikoyan's death in 1970, Gurevich's name was dropped from the name of the bureau, although the bureau prefix remained "MiG". The firm also operates several machine-building and design bureaus, including the Kamov helicopter plant.
MiG aircraft are a staple of the Soviet and Russian air forces, and the Soviet Union sold many of these planes within its sphere of influence. They have been used by the militaries of China, North Korea, and North Vietnam in aerial confrontations with American and allied forces, and form part of the air forces of many Arab nations. It was recently reported that MiG jet fighters are being used by the Government forces of Syria against insurgents in civil neighborhoods in Aleppo[2]
In 2006, the Russian government merged 100% of Mikoyan shares with Ilyushin, Irkut, Sukhoi, Tupolev, and Yakovlev as a new company named United Aircraft Corporation.[3] Specifically, Mikoyan and Sukhoi were placed within the same operating unit.[4]
https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Mikoyan
The single-letter Russian word 'и' translates as "and", and the letter и transliterates (usually) as (short) "i". So the Russian abbreviation for Mikoyan and Gurevich, 'MиГ', transliterates as "MiG".
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