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mig

or migg

[ mig ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Chiefly Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S.

a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
migs, (used with a singular verb) the game of marbles.

MiG

or Mig, MIG

[ mig ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

any of several Russian-built fighter aircraft, as the MiG-15, a jet used in the Korean War.

MiG

/ ��ɪɡ /

noun

any of various types of Russian and former Soviet fighter aircraft

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of mig¹

Perhaps variant of mib with g from game ¹

Origin of mig²

Named after Artem Mi(koyan) and Mikhail G(urevich), Russian aircraft designers

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of mig¹

from Mi ( koyan ) and G ( urevich ), names of designers

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Ivan, a 31-year-old Ukrainian fighter pilot, began defending the skies from the very first hours of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, and has now flown more than 200 perilous missions in his old Soviet-era Mig-29 warplane.

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Before Estonia regained its independence in 1991, this had been a base for Soviet air defences, with MIG fighter planes poised to take on the West.

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The air force said that Russia sent a salvo of nine missiles toward the Dnipro region, including an air-launched ballistic missile fired from a MIG-31 fighter and seven cruise missiles launched from strategic bombers.

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The magazine dubbed him a “thrill seeker” in a 2020 profile, reporting that for fun, Mr Isaacman “bullets the MiG faster than the speed of sound and climbs mountains to unwind from non-stop, intense 80-plus-hour weeks”.

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The statement said the airfield was known for housing Russia's Su-34, Su-35 and MiG-31 war planes - but provided no further information about the attack.

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