The MiG-28 jet from "Top Gun" may not be a real craft, but it's inspired by and built from two iconic fighters that are even still used today.

A Real Fighter: In the 1986 film “Top Gun,” the fictional MiG-28 adversary aircraft was actually portrayed by a black-painted Northrop F-5, adorned with a red-star insignia to represent a Cold ...

Meet the F-5 Fighter or MiG-28? The CGI-built Su-57’s represented a departure from the original film’s tactics, in which the adversary aircraft were depicted with actual aircraft.

In the case of the MiG-29 fighter jet, NATO gave it the reporting name "Fulcrum." ... making immediate and sustained turns at 28 degrees per second versus the F-16's 26.

24/7 Wall St. Insights: The most widely flown Russian aircraft is not actually any single MiG fighter jet, instead it’s the Mi-8/17/171 Hip-H family of helicopters The Mi-8 series was originally ...

The MiG-28 jet from "Top Gun" may not be a real craft, but it's inspired by and built from two iconic fighters that are even still used today.