Comparison between American and Russian Fighter jets combat records
MiG-21
Wins
RF-4E 6x
F-4C 60x
F-4E 54x
F-4J 9x
F-5A 8x
F-5E 18x
F-8E 3x
F-104A 4x
F-105D 14x
F-105G 10x
F-86F 2x
F-6C 2x
F-15A 1x
F-16A 1x
Su-20 1x
Su-22 3x
MiG-21MF 7x
MiG-21bis 6x
MiG-23MS 2x
Mirage 5 3x
Mirage IIICJ 5x
Mirage F1CZ 4x
Nesher 2x
Canberra 1x
B-52 1x
A-4G 2x
A-4E 4x
Losses
F-4C 20x
F-4E 35x
F-4J 22x
F-5E 6x
F-14A 23x
F-15A 51x
F-16A 37x
Mirage III 4x
Mirage IIICJ 11x
Mirage F1CZ 15x
MiG-21MF 7x
MiG-21bis 6x
Su-22 1x
Wins 233
Loss 238
Higher wins 2
Peer wins 219
Peer or lower losses 127
Air Defence fought: Hawk, S-125, S-200, Patriot PAC-2, Kub, Osa-AKM, HQ-9, HQ-2
MiG-23
Wins
MiG-21MF 2x
MiG-23MS 1x
Mirage F1CZ 3x
RF-4F 1x
A-4G 1x
F-4E 11x
F-4D 8x
F-5E 9x
F-14A 2x
AH-1J 1x
Losses
F-14A 62x
F-15C 8x
F-16A 13x
F-4E 4x
Mirage F1CZ 6x
Wins 39
Losses 93
Higher wins 2
Peer wins 32
Peer or lower losses 10
Air defence fought: S-75, S-200, Patriot PAC-2, Hawk, Osa
MiG-25
Wins
F-4E 6x
F-4D 1x
F-5E 3x
F-5F 1x
F-14A 2x
F-15C MSIP II 1x (MK)
F/A-18C 1x
Predator 1x
MiG-21RF 1x
AH-1 3x
Losses
F-14A 7x
F-15A 5x
F-16D 1x
Total wins 20
Total losses 13
Higher wins 4
Peer wins 16
Peer or lower losses 0
Air Defence fought: Hawk, Patriot PAC-2, S-75, Osa-AKM
MiG-31
Wins
L-39C 1x
MiG-29A 14x
MiG-29UM1 1x
Su-27S 5x
Su-24M 11x
Su-25 3x
Mi-8 4x
Mi-24D 1x
Bayraktar TB2 6x
F-16AM 1x (possible)
Total Wins 46
Total losses 0
Higher wins 0
Peer wins 1 (2)
Peer or lower losses 0
Air defence fought: Patriot PAC-3 MSE, NASAMS-2, SAMP/T, MIM-23D Hawk-III, S-300P, S-300PMU, Tor, Osa-AKM, Buk-M1
Su-35S
Wins
Su-27S 4x
Su-24M 5x
MiG-29A 9x
Mi-14PLM 1x
Losses
Total wins 19
Total losses 0
Higher wins 0
Peer wins 0
Peer or lower losses 0
Air defence fought: Patriot PAC-3, NASAMS-2, SAMP/T, MIM-23D Hawk-III, S-300PT, S-300PMU, Tor, Osa-AKM, Buk-M1
Su-27
Wins
Su-27SM 1x
Su-24M2 4x
MiG-29A-12B 4x
MB-339 1x
Losses
MiG-31BM 5x
Su-35S 4x
Total wins 10
Total losses 0
Higher wins 1
Peer wins 0
Peer or lower losses 0
Air defence fought: S-300PM2, S-400, S-350, Buk-M3, Tor-M2
F-16
Wins
MiG-21bison 1x
MiG-21MF 37x
MiG-23MS 16x
MiG-23BN 14x
MiG-25PS 1x
MiG-29A-12A 3x
Su-22 4x
Su-24MK 2x
Su-24M2 1x
Su-25K 2x
L-39C 1x
OV-10 2x
AT-27 1x
J-21 4x
Mi-8 1x
Mi-17 1x
Losses
MiG-21MF 1x
Mirage 2000 1x
Wins 91
Losses 7
Higher wins 0
Peer wins 4
Peer or lower losses 2
Air Defences Fought: S-75, S-125, S-200, Kub, Osa
F-14
Wins
Mirage F1EQ 33x
MiG-21bis 23x
MiG-23BN 43x
MiG-23MS 19x
MiG-25PS 7x
MiG-27 2x
Su-20 20x
Su-22M2 5x
Tu-22 3x
Mi-8 1x
Mi-24 1x
Losses
MiG-23MS 2x
MiG-25PS 2x
Mirages F1EQ 4x
Wins 157
Losses 8
Higher wins 0
Peer wins 0
Peer or lower losses 10
Air Defences Fought: S-75, S-125, Kub, Osa
F-4
Wins
Su-22M2 7x
Su-20 2x
Su-7BMK 2x
Mirage F1EQ 3x
MiG-23MS 4x
MiG-21F 30x
MiG-21PF 36x
MiG-21bis 3x
MiG-17 34x
MiG-19 8x
Losses
MiG-17 57x
MiG-21PF 109
MiG-21F 30x
MiG-23MS 20x
MiG-25PS 7x
Mirage F1EQ 8x
F-15A 2x
Wins 129
Losses 233
Higher wins 0
Peer wins 10
Peer or lower losses 231
Air Defences Fought: S-75, S-125, Kub, Osa
F-15
Wins
MiG-29A-12B 4×
MiG-29A-12A 5×
MiG-23MF 8×
MiG-23MS 17x
MiG-21bis 51x
MiG-25PS 5x
Mirage F1EQ 8x
F-4E 2x
Su-25 2x
Su-22 4×
Su-7BMK 2×
Losses
MiG-25PS 1x (MK)
MiG-21bis 1x (MK)
Total wins 108
Total losses 2
Higher wins 0
Higher Wins 0
Peer wins 9
Peer or lower losses 2
Air defence fought; s-75, S-125, S-200, Kub, Osa, Pantsir-S1
Remember also the F-15 and F16 has never faced proper MiG-29As
Why ? Because of downgraded
(Export means older or downgraded versions)
MiG-29-12A (used by Yugoslavia)
Sapfir-29E PD radar with LDSD and ECCM and 6 target TWS
3× axis electromechanical autopilot
Older nav/attack system
Export FMC
Export HUD
Export radio
Export IRST with rear track only
Export IFF (No pulse doppler)
Export Beryoza RWR with reduced radar band coverage and database
EW Systems removed
Data link removed
R-73Es and R-27Es with inferior seekers
Reduced countermeasures
MiG-29-12B (used by iraq)
Sapfir-29EB variant PD radar with basic LDSD and little ECM resistance with 2 target TWS
3× axis electromechanical autopilot (Used by MiG-23ML)
Older nav/attack system (used by MiG-23ML)
Export radio (further downgraded)
Beryoza RWR (TI completely removed)
Older HUD
Older FMC (used on MiG-23ML)
No IFF
No HMD
No IRST
No data link
No EW
R-27RE Missiles
R-60MK Missiles
Further Reduced countermeasures
Inferior quality Airframe (slower speeds, worse turn rates and AOA)
They were 3+ at most. Examples of other high end 3+ Aircraft include MiG-29A-12/13B, Mirage F1EQ, F-4S and MiG-25PD
Let's see normal MiG-29A in 1980s
Rubin pulse doppler radar with TWS and full LDSD and ECCM and multi tracking and locking
OLS-29 IRST with slave abilities, front tracking and laser rangefinder
Beryoza RWR
Gardenyia-1 digital EW System
Ts-100 8x bit Digital FMC
3× axis computerised autopilot
ASP-ILS HUD
Shchel-3UM CRT HMD
Digital radio
Biryusa Digital data link
Parol digital pulse doppler IFF
Digital nav/attack system
Full chaff and flare loadout
R-27R/Ts and R-73s
You need to also remember that when USA faced Serbian 29-12As they were F-15C MSIP and F-16C so comparable to MiG-29S not 29A and certainly not 12As
So when you want to get real. US fighters are just laughably overrated whilst russian fighters are very underrated.
Even if you played devil's advocate and said the MiG-29-12A/Bs were 4th Gen it's still not equal as F-15C-MSIP II and F-16C used in gulf and yugo wars are seen as 4+ that utilised improved fully digital radars, better MFDs, more modern EW, better RWRs, Fox 3s etc, peer migs to these would be Soviet VVS MiG-29M or MiG-29KVP.
Even if you want to call them “4th gen” they are NOT comparable to soviet versions mostly because of
No Gardenyia-1 EW
No Shchel-3UM HMD
No proper OLS-29
No PrNK-29 Digital nav/attack system
No proper R-73s and R-27s
No Rubin proper pulse doppler radar with 10x target TWS, no IRST slave, no ECCM integration with L-203 and no multi track or lock
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