The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 'Fargo' had the honor of being the first indigenously jet fighter designed in the Soviet Union, entering service a couple of years after World War II ended. Designed by Aleksei Taryev, the MiG-9 was in no small way developed from the acquisition of German data and technology at the end of the war including a captured Me 262 and a locally copied version of a BMW jet engines. In spite of this, the MiG-9 saw a plethora of problems mostly the result of the sever lag in Soviet jet technology compared to the West at the time: the final aircraft featured more traditional unswept wings and a split nose intake to feed the two engines mounted side by side in the fuselage but it was plagued by airframe vibration at high speeds and engine flamout when firing the guns (a similar problem would plague the Hawker Hunter). Still, the MiG-9 was hurriedly pressed for service but was soon replaced by more advanced fighters and as a result, did not see combat.

First flight of the I-300 prototype took place on 24 August 1946 and were followed by pre-production units known as the I-301 and finally the MiG-9. Other variants included the MiG-9F with new engines, the MiG-9FR with a pressurized cockpit and an upgraded afterburning powerplant (a non-afterburning version was installed in the MiG-9FF), as well as the MiG-29FP with relocated nose armament to overcome the gas injestion problem which caused flamouts. Lastly, the MiG-UTI was a two-seat trainer.