The MiG-29 Fulcrum outside the National Air and Space ... crashed MiG-15s and studied the wreckage to learn more about that game-changing MiG’s performance. U.S. Air Force test pilots were ...

In the case of the MiG-29 fighter jet, NATO gave it the reporting name "Fulcrum." A fulcrum, according to Merriam-Webster, is ...

The Su-27 Flanker and Mig-29 Fulcrum were both late Soviet era designs intended to serve and fight alongside each other versus NATO aircraft in a third World War which thankfully never happened.