Colours of the MiG-29. Mikoyan & Gurevich MiG-29 camouflage and painting schemes. European countries, Russia, Asia. MiG-29, MiG-29UB, MiG-29SMT, MiG-29K/KUB, MiG-35

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Revised: February 2018
IRAN

جمهوری اسلامی ایران / Jomhuriye Eslâmiye Irân (Islamic Republic of Iran)
In service
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) since 1990
Deliveries
End of 1990 14 MiG-29 (9-12B) and 6 Mig-29UB (9-51) from Soviet Union
January 1991 4 MiG-29 (9-12B) and 1 Mig-29UB (9-51) arrived from Iraq during the first Gulf War (27 January 1991), from Iraqi 6th Sqn @ Tammuz air base
End of 1991 4 MiG-29 from Russia
In total 28 MiGs between 1996 and 1999
In 1992 order for 40 + 8 MiGs-29/29UB, canceled by Russia president Yeltsin under USA pressure
Losses:
1990: MiG-29 lost over Caspian See during delivery flight from Russia to Iran
2012: MiG-29 crashed
2016: MiG-29UB #3-6304 crashed after emergency landing
Iranian MiGs were in nineties maintenanced in air bases and overhauled in Iran (Doshan-Tappeh, Mehrabad). For years suffer from lack of spare parts and engines and many of them were grounded, even decomissioned and stored. Few are slightly modernized by IACI (Iran Aircraft Industries). Slowly returning to service.
Operational not so many, due to problems with spare parts and lack of engines

Units
11th Tactical Fighter Sqn @ Teheran-Mehrabad (1st Tactical Fighter Air Base)
23rd Tactical Fighter Sqn @ Tabriz (2nd Tactical Fighter Air Base)
Numbers
MiG-29 3-6101 3-6102 3-6103 3-6105 3-6106 3-6107 3-6108 3-6109 3-6110 3-6111 3-6112 3-6113 3-6114 3-6115 3-6116 3-6117 3-6118 3-6122
MiG-29UB 3-6301 3-6302 3-6303 3-6304 3-6305 3-6306

Former Iraqi:
MiG-29UB 29004 = 3-6307 in IRIAF service September 1993
MiG-29 29032 = 3-6132 in IRIAF service September 2009
MiG-29 29038 = 3-6133 in IRIAF service September 2010
MiG-29 29044 = 3-6104 in IRIAF service December 2011
aircraft 3-6132, 3-6133 and 3-6104 were overhauled and put in service almost over 20 years after Gulf War!
Aircraft 3-6307 in 1994 was used in somehow strange project Talle (Fortune), when in-flight refuelling probe was installed, aircraft even connected with tanker Boeing 707, but fuel was not taken, because probe wasn't connected to internal tanks.
Camouflage and painting
Iranian numerals from 0 to 9: ۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹

MiGs in nineties: bluegray with sand blotches on upper surfaces. Various tints of bluegray, sand is almost yellow-sand to darksand or even green-brown. Each aircraft is different.
MiG-29 3-6103, Iran 2000.

MiGs in 2003 and later: blue and sand.
MiG-29UB 3-6305, Iran 2012. Under nose of the fuselage is antenna of the Chinese ILS system.

MiG-29 3-6115, Iran 2015.

Colours of the MiG-29 (МиГ-29).
Worldwide aircraft Mikoyan & Gurevich MiG-29 (Fulcrum) camouflage and painting schemes
MiG-29 MiG-29S MiG-29UB MiG-29M MiG-29M2 MiG-29UBT MiG-29SD MiG-29N MiG-29NUB MiG-29K MiG-29KUB
MiG-29AS MiG-29G MiG-29GT MiG-29BM MiG-29SM MiG-29SE MiG-29SMT MiG-29UPG MiG-29SMP MiG-29OVT MiG-35

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Revised: February 2018 IRAN جمهوری اسلامی ایران / Jomhuriye Eslâmiye Irân (Islamic Republic of Iran)
In service	Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) since 1990
Deliveries	End of 1990 14 MiG-29 (9-12B) and 6 Mig-29UB (9-51) from Soviet Union January 1991 4 MiG-29 (9-12B) and 1 Mig-29UB (9-51) arrived from Iraq during the first Gulf War (27 January 1991), from Iraqi 6th Sqn @ Tammuz air base End of 1991 4 MiG-29 from Russia In total 28 MiGs between 1996 and 1999 In 1992 order for 40 + 8 MiGs-29/29UB, canceled by Russia president Yeltsin under USA pressure Losses: 1990: MiG-29 lost over Caspian See during delivery flight from Russia to Iran 2012: MiG-29 crashed 2016: MiG-29UB #3-6304 crashed after emergency landing Iranian MiGs were in nineties maintenanced in air bases and overhauled in Iran (Doshan-Tappeh, Mehrabad). For years suffer from lack of spare parts and engines and many of them were grounded, even decomissioned and stored. Few are slightly modernized by IACI (Iran Aircraft Industries). Slowly returning to service. Operational not so many, due to problems with spare parts and lack of engines
Units	11th Tactical Fighter Sqn @ Teheran-Mehrabad (1st Tactical Fighter Air Base) 23rd Tactical Fighter Sqn @ Tabriz (2nd Tactical Fighter Air Base)
Numbers	MiG-29 3-6101 3-6102 3-6103 3-6105 3-6106 3-6107 3-6108 3-6109 3-6110 3-6111 3-6112 3-6113 3-6114 3-6115 3-6116 3-6117 3-6118 3-6122 MiG-29UB 3-6301 3-6302 3-6303 3-6304 3-6305 3-6306 Former Iraqi: MiG-29UB 29004 = 3-6307 in IRIAF service September 1993 MiG-29 29032 = 3-6132 in IRIAF service September 2009 MiG-29 29038 = 3-6133 in IRIAF service September 2010 MiG-29 29044 = 3-6104 in IRIAF service December 2011 aircraft 3-6132, 3-6133 and 3-6104 were overhauled and put in service almost over 20 years after Gulf War! Aircraft 3-6307 in 1994 was used in somehow strange project Talle (Fortune), when in-flight refuelling probe was installed, aircraft even connected with tanker Boeing 707, but fuel was not taken, because probe wasn't connected to internal tanks.
Camouflage and painting	Iranian numerals from 0 to 9: ۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹ MiGs in nineties: bluegray with sand blotches on upper surfaces. Various tints of bluegray, sand is almost yellow-sand to darksand or even green-brown. Each aircraft is different. MiG-29 3-6103, Iran 2000. MiGs in 2003 and later: blue and sand. MiG-29UB 3-6305, Iran 2012. Under nose of the fuselage is antenna of the Chinese ILS system. MiG-29 3-6115, Iran 2015.