In the case of the MiG-29 fighter jet, NATO gave it the reporting name "Fulcrum." A fulcrum, according to Merriam-Webster, is "the support about which a lever turns." A pivot. "Fulcrum" aptly ...
(Incidentally, Turkey’s TAI built the Hurjet supersonic light combat aircraft and jet trainer ... two fourth-generation Soviet-era MiG-29A Fulcrum jets Tehran acquired all the way back in ...