MiG (Manguardia)

The Manguard-Grobolov MiG was a Manguardian aircraft design that emerged in the early 21st century AWE as a utilitarian fighter-bomber platform for ground support and air-superiority alike after the MPLAAF declared it could no longer rely on the antiquated left-over Ikanian aircraft designs and insisted a new and reliable yet easily-modifiable unified craft design replace the vestiges. With backing from then-Supreme Leader Nolan Lebedev, acclaimed Manguardian areospace engineer Geriov Grobolov began development. The result was the first iteration of the twin engine so-called MiG, and thanks to the simple yet effective design and the Manguardian Dominion's gleeful willingness to supply it to any nation or group opposed to The Empire of Ammerinia or the Global Imperium of Nations, the MiG earned its reputation as "the AK-47 of military aircraft".

The most widely circulated and used iterations were the 6th-generation MiG-92 Air Superiority Fighter and the MiG-83 Tactical Bomber, both introduced in 2044 and reportedly used by the air forces of over a hundred nations at their peak. By X-Day, the Manguardian Air Force primarily depended on the respective MiG-114 and MiG-104, although the space-capable MiGX-144 fighter-bomber, which was developed to counter the Ammerinian F/S-120 Judicator, was seeing widespread rollout at after its introduction in 2078.