The MiG-29Ks first flight was performed on 23 July 1988 at Saky by test pilot Toktar Aubakirov.
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While departing the African continent, their aircraft is shot down over a desert island by the Bad Samaritan flying a Soviet Mikoyan MiG-31.
The Soviets did side-by-side testing of versions of combat aircraft using variable geometry wings and lift jets (the results became the Mikoyan MiG-23 and Sukhoi Su-24).
In August 2000, a MiG-27 crashed near Colombo International Airport, killing its Ukrainian pilot.
Six Mikoyan MiG-27s and one Mikoyan MiG-23UB trainer were introduced to provide close air support, these were later formed their own squadron; the No. 12 Squadron.
An artist's impression of a Chipmunk aircraft appears below the logo and another three aircraft; Mig 27, C 130, and MI 24 appear above the logo.
It will deploy up to 20 fixed-wing aircraft, primarily the Mikoyan MiG-29K and the naval variant of the HAL Tejas Mark 2, besides carrying 10 Kamov Ka-31 or Westland Sea King helicopters.
In 1998 the government purchased three new MiG-29 fighter planes from Russia, for which it paid USD $300 million, although observers say the true cost of the planes is only around $100 million.