RA3 Unit Profile: Soviet MiG Fighter

[Sonic 297]

The unit profiles continue on the Official Red Alert 3 Site with the addition of one for the Soviet MiG Fighter. As always, this profile has a short in game video, concept art and extra information. Here is a sample....

 

Designed from the ground up as an air superiority fighter, the MiG fighter has no air-to-ground capability, making it vulnerable to anti-air fire. However, when faced with such threats, MiG pilots are taught to recall the age-old Soviet tale of the Bear and the Dog: While the Dog barks at the oncoming snowstorm in earnest, the Bear retreats to the warmth of the cave to strike another day. Like the Bear, a talented MiG pilot will take advantage of the speed and agility of the aircraft to vacate the airspace before the storm arrives.

 

It is also the first Soviet production fighter aircraft to have full VTOL capability, allowing it to deploy at forward airbases near the front lines. In normal flight, a sleek aerodynamic design gives the MiG excellent speed and manoeuvrability. However, due to a lack of precision-machined parts, the mechanism for transitioning between vertical and horizontal flight is somewhat unwieldy. Many flight students find themselves unable to execute the transition, to both their chagrin and that of their flight instructors who must then recover control of the aircraft. Those talented few who master the transition find air combat maneuvering to be relatively straightforward.

Click here for the full Soviet MiG Fighter profile.

[Nmenth 292]

Hmm, it reminds me of the unused FORTRESS art in RA2/YR.

 

[Inferno 22]

It just looks like a MiG to me, lol

[ORCaLoVeR 0]

It looks like it has the frontal section of the MiG-15 fagot, but it is looking good

[G0NE2W4R 0]

When I first saw and built this unit in the BETA, I thought it could attack ground units because of its name, "MiG Fighter" reminds me of the RA1 MiG. But then I found out it was air only, and I felt it was a waste of credits.

[rEdaSbLood 1]

imo it could use a more interesting second ability

[Red Blitzkrieg 0]

yea, the second ability while useful is not a very good one, I'd give it a sort of bomb drop as a secondary ability