Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21

MiG-21
MiG-21bis of 1st Naval Fighter Sqn. , Polish Air Force. Polish Air Force ( Siły Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej Siły Powietrzne RP - Air Forces of the Polish Republic is the Air force branch of the Polish
Type	Fighter
Manufacturer	Mikoyan-Gurevich OKB
Maiden flight	14 June 1956
Introduced	1959
Primary users	Soviet Air Force Indian Air Force Romanian Air Force Vietnam People's Air Force
Number built	10,352^[1] 10,158 were made in the USSR, another 194 in the Czech republic
Variants	Ye-150 Ye-152 Chengdu J-7

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21) (NATO reporting name "Fishbed"), and popularly nicknamed "balalaika", from the aircraft's planform-view resemblance to the famous Russian stringed musical instrument, is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft, designed and built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing building testing selling and maintaining Aircraft, Aircraft parts JSC "RSK "MiG" or Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG in full (formerly Mikoyan or Mikoyan-i-Gurevich Design Bureau, Микоян The maiden flight of an Aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground of its own accord Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1956: Events March March 10 - Lt Cdr Peter Twiss sets a new This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1959: Events Unknown The Canadian Golden Hawks aerobatic team The Soviet Air Force, also known under the abbreviation VVS, transliterated from Russian: ВВС, Военно-воздушные силы ( Voenno-Vozdushnye The Indian Air Force (Devanāgarī भारतीय वायु सेना IAST Bhartiya Vāyu Senā is the air arm of the Armed Forces of India and has the The Romanian Air Force (Forţele Aeriene Române is the Air force branch of the Romanian Armed Forces It has an air force headquarters an operational command Vietnamese Air Force or Không Quân Nhân Dân Việt Nam is the Air force of Vietnam. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages NATO reporting names are unclassified Code names for military equipment of the Eastern Bloc ( Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw pact The balalaika (балала́йка) (also Balabaika балаба́йка - is a stringed instrument of Russian origin with a characteristic triangular body and For other uses see Supersonic. The term supersonic is used to define a speed that is over the Speed of sound ( Mach 1 A fighter aircraft is a Military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other Aircraft, as opposed to a Bomber, which is designed JSC "RSK "MiG" or Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG in full (formerly Mikoyan or Mikoyan-i-Gurevich Design Bureau, Микоян The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Some 50 countries over four continents have flown the MiG-21, and it still serves many nations a half-century after its maiden flight. The plane has the distinction of holding a number of aviation records, including 1: the most produced jet aircraft in aviation history, 2: the most produced combat aircraft since WWII, and 3: the longest production run of a combat aircraft. Its Mach 2 capability exceeds the top speed of many later modern fighter types. Mach number (\mathrm{Ma} or M (generally ˈmɑːk sometimes /ˈmɑːx/ or /ˈmæk/ is the speed of an object moving through air or any Fluid Estimates are that more than 10,000 MiG-21s were built ^[2].

Development

The MiG 21 jet fighter was a continuation of Soviet jet fighters, starting with the subsonic MiG-15, MiG-17, and the low-supersonic MiG-19. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A number of experimental Mach 2 Soviet designs were based on nose intakes with either swept-back wings, such as the Sukhoi Su-7, or tailed deltas, of which the MiG-21 would be the most successful. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The delta wing is a Wing Planform in the form of a triangle named after the Greek uppercase delta which is a triangle (Δ

The E-5 prototype of the MiG-21 was first flown in 1955 and made its first public appearance during the Soviet Aviation Day display at Moscow's Tushino Airport in June 1956. A prototype is an original type form or instance of something serving as a typical example basis or standard for other things of the same category This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1955: Events February February 26 - George F This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1955: Events February February 26 - George F The first delta-wing prototype, named Ye-4 (or E-4) flew on 14 June 1956, and the production MiG-21 entered service in early 1959. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1959: Events Unknown The Canadian Golden Hawks aerobatic team Employing a delta configuration, the MiG-21 was the first successful Soviet aircraft combining fighter and interceptor characteristics in a single aircraft. A fighter aircraft is a Military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other Aircraft, as opposed to a Bomber, which is designed An interceptor aircraft (or simply interceptor) is a type of Fighter aircraft designed specifically to intercept and destroy enemy Aircraft, particularly It was a lightweight fighter, achieving Mach 2 with a relatively low-powered afterburning turbojet, and is thus comparable to the American F-104 Starfighter and French Dassault Mirage III. The AfterBurner is a lighting solution for the Game Boy Advance system that was created by Triton-Labs TurboJET (噴射飛航 is the brand name for the operations of the Hong Kong -based Shun Tak-China Travel Ship Management Limited (信德中旅船務管理有限公司 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

When the MiG-21 was first introduced, it exhibited several flaws. Its early version air-to-air missiles, the Vympel K-13 (NATO reporting name AA-2 'Atoll'), were not successful in combat, and its gyro gunsight was easily thrown off in high-speed maneuvers, making the initial version of the MiG-21 an ineffective aircraft. An air-to-air missile ( AAM) is a guided Missile fired from an Aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft The K-13 ( NATO reporting name AA-2 Atoll) was one of the world's most proliferated Air-to-air missiles Developed by the Soviet NATO reporting names are unclassified Code names for military equipment of the Eastern Bloc ( Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw pact A gyro gunsight is a type of gunsight in which target lead (the amount of aim-off in front of a moving target and bullet drop are allowed-for automatically the sight These problems were remedied, and during the Middle Eastern and Vietnam wars, the MiG-21 proved to be an effective aircraft. Subsequent MiG-21 models added design modifications to incorporate lessons learned in these wars.

Like many aircraft designed as interceptors, the MiG-21 had a short range. This was not helped by a design defect where the center of gravity shifted rearwards once two-thirds of the fuel had been used. This had the effect of making the plane uncontrollable, resulting in an endurance of only 45 minutes in clean condition. The delta wing, while excellent for a fast-climbing interceptor, meant any form of turning combat led to a rapid loss of speed. However, the light loading of the aircraft could mean that, at 50% fuel and with two Atolls, a climb rate of 58,000 ft (17,670 m) per minute was possible, not far short of the performance of the later F-16A. In Aerodynamics, the rate of climb RoC is the speed at which an Aircraft increases its Altitude. Given a skilled pilot and capable missiles, it could give a good account of itself against contemporary fighters. It was replaced by the newer variable-geometry MiG-23 and MiG-27 for ground support duties. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout However, not until the MiG-29 would the Soviet Union ultimately replace the MiG-21 as a maneuvering dogfighter to counter new American air superiority types. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

The MiG-21 was exported widely and continues to be used well past the time where it might have been considered obsolete. The aircraft's simple controls, engine, weapons, and avionics were typical of Soviet-era military designs. While technologically inferior to the more advanced fighters it often faced, low production and maintenance costs made it a favorite of nations buying Eastern Bloc military hardware. During the Cold War, the term Communist Bloc (or Soviet Bloc) was used to refer to the Soviet Union and countries it either controlled or that were

Due to the lack of available information, early details of the MiG-21 were often confused with those of the similar Sukhoi fighters also under development. Sukhoi ( Сухой) is a major Russian manufacturer famous for its fighters Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1960-1961 describes the "Fishbed" as a Sukhoi design, and uses an illustration of the Su-9 'Fishpot'. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

Production

A total of 10158 (some sources say 10645) were built in the USSR. They were produced in three factories, in the GAZ 30 in Moscow (also known as Znamiya Truda), in GAZ 21 in Gorky^[3] and in GAZ 31 in Tbilisi. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Nizhny Novgorod (Ни́жний Но́вгород Nižnij Novgorod) colloquially shortened as Nizhny, is the fourth largest city in Russia Tbilisi (ˌtbiˈliːsi in Georgian: თბილისი is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari The type of "MiG" manufactured differed. Gorky built single-seaters for the Soviet forces. Moscow built single-seaters for export and Tbilisi manufactured the twin-seaters both for export and for the USSR. However, there are exceptions. The MiG-21R and MiG-21bis for export and for the USSR were built in Gorky, 17 single-seaters were built in Tbilisi (probably MiG-21F), the MiG-21MF was first built in Moscow and then Gorky, and the MiG-21U was built in Moscow as well as in Tbilisi. The count for each factory is:

5278(or 5765) in Gorky
3203 in Moscow
1677 in Tbilisi [1]

Technical description

MiG-21 cockpit

The MiG-21 is a single-engined jet fighter aircraft capable of supersonic flight. [2] [3]

Wing

The MiG-21 has a delta wing. The delta wing is a Wing Planform in the form of a triangle named after the Greek uppercase delta which is a triangle (Δ The sweep angle on the leading edge is 57° with a TsAGI S-12 airfoil. A swept-wing is a wing Planform common on high-speed Aircraft, with the wing swept back instead of being set at right angles to the Fuselage. The leading edge is a line connecting the forward-most points of a Wing 's profile TsAGI is a transliteration of the Russian abbreviation for Центра́льный аэрогидродинами́ческий институ́т ( ЦАГИ) or " Ts An airfoil (in American English) or aerofoil (in British English) is the shape of a Wing or blade (of a Propeller, rotor The angle of incidence is 0° while the dihedral angle is -2°. Angle of incidence is a measure of deviation of something from "straight on" for example in the approach of a ray to a surface or the angle In Aerospace engineering, the Dihedral is the Angle between the two wings see Dihedral. On the trailing edge there are ailerons with an area of 1. The trailing edge of a Wing is the rear edge of the wing where the airflow separated by the Leading edge rejoins after passing over and under the top and bottom surfaces For the band with a similar name see The Ailerons Ailerons are hinged control surfaces attached to the Trailing edge of the Wing of a Fixed-wing 18 m², and flaps with an area of 1. 87 m². In front of the ailerons there are small wing fences. Wing fences, also known as boundary layer fences and potential fences are fixed aerodynamic devices attached to aircraft Wings Not to be confused

Fuselage

A semi-monocoque with an elliptical profile with a maximum width of 1. Monocoque, from the French for single ( mono) and shell ( coque) is a construction technique that supports structural load by using an object's external 24m. The air flow to the engine is regulated by a cone in the air intake. Up until the MiG-21PF it is three staged. On speeds up to M=1,5 it is fully retracted, between speeds of M=1. 5 and M=1. 9 it is in the middle position, and with speeds higher than M=1. 9 it is in the maximum forward position. However, on the MiG-21PF it adapts to the actual speed, according to the UVD-2M system aboard the aircraft, which monitors the pressure in front and behind the compressor of the engine. On both side of the nose there are gills to supply the engine with more air while on the ground and during takeoff. A gill is an anatomical structure found in many aquatic organisms In the first variant of the MiG-21, the pitot tube is on the bottom of the nose; after the MiG-21P, every version of the -21 has this tube situated on the top of the air intake. A Pitot (ˈpiːtoʊ tube is a Pressure measurement instrument used to measure Fluid flow Velocity. The cabin is pressurized and air conditioned. The canopy up until the MiG-21PFM opens on a hinge on the front of the canopy. When ejecting, the SK-1 ejection seat connects with the canopy making a capsule to enclose the pilot and protect him from the airflow, after which it would separate and the pilot would parachute down. However, the canopy took too long to separate and some pilots were killed after ejecting at low altitudes. On the MiG-21PFM the canopy opens on a hinge on the right side of the cockpit. On the belly of the plane there are three air brakes, two at the front and one at the back. The front brakes have an area of 0. 76 m², and a deflection angle of 35°. The back one has an area of 0. 46 m² and a deflection angle of 40°. The usage of the back air brake is blocked if the plane carries an external fuel tank. Behind the air brakes are the bays for the main landing gear. Under the body, just behind the trailing edge of the wing, two JATO rockets can be attached. JATO may also refer to the group Jews Against the Occupation. The front part of the fuselage ends with former #28. A former is a structural member of an Aircraft Fuselage, of which a typical fuselage has a series from the nose to the Empennage, typically perpendicular Beginning with former #28a is the back part of the fuselage, which is removable for engine maintenance.

Empennage

The empennage of the MiG-21 consists of a vertical stabilizer, a stabilator and a small fin on the bottom of the tail to improve yaw control. Empennage émpənij is an Aviation term used to describe the Tail portion of an Aircraft. The vertical stabilizers, or fins, of Aircraft, Missiles or Bombs are typically found on the aft end of the Fuselage or body A stabilator ( stabil izer-elev' ator') is an aircraft control surface that combines the functions of an elevator and a Horizontal stabilizer The vertical stabilizer has a sweep angle of 60° and an area of 5. 32 m² (on earlier version 3. 8 m²) and a rudder. A rudder is a device used to steer a Ship, Boat, Submarine, Hovercraft, or other conveyance that move through a fluid (generally air or The stabilator has sweep angle of 57°, an area of 3. 94 m² and a span of 2. 6m.

MiG-21MF nose landing gear

Landing Gear

A tricycle type undercarriage with a nose gear. A tricycle (often abbreviated to trike) is a three-wheeled vehicle The main landing gear has tires 800 mm in diameter and 600 mm in width (till the MiG-21P 660x200). The wheels of the main landing gear retract in the fuselage after rotating 87°, the shock absorbers retract in the wing. The nose gear retracts forward in the fuselage under the radar. The wheel base is 4. In both road and rail Vehicles the wheelbase is the distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels 71m, the track width is 2. 69m.

Engines

The MiG-21 engine was produced in several variants. ^[4]

Engine	Thrust (kN)^[5]	Variant
R-11F-300	38. 2/53. 4	F, F-13, U
R-11F2-300	38. 7/60. 0	F-13 (refitted), PF, FL
R-11F2S-300	38. 2/60. 6	PF, PFS, PFM, R, S, M, US, UM
R-11F2SK-300	38. 2/60. 6	MF
R-13-300	39. 9/63. 7	M (refitted), MF, RF, SM, SMT, UM (refitted)
R-25-300	40. 2/69. 9 97,1kN with "extreme afterburner"	bis

Operational history

Vietnam

MiG-21F-13 of Vietnam People's Air Force captured by Americans in museum. Vietnamese Air Force or Không Quân Nhân Dân Việt Nam is the Air force of Vietnam.

The MiG-21 initially achieved renown in the Vietnam War, during which it saw frequent action. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia It was one of the most advanced aircraft at the time; however, many North Vietnamese aces preferred flying the MiG-17, since the high wing loading on the MiG-21 made it less maneuverable than the MiG-17. Vietnamese Air Force or Không Quân Nhân Dân Việt Nam is the Air force of Vietnam. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy Aircraft during aerial combat WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout In Aerodynamics, wing loading is the loaded weight of the aircraft divided by the area of the wing Although the MiG-21 lacked the long-range radar, missiles, and heavy bombing payload of its contemporary multi-mission U. S. fighters, it proved a challenging adversary in the hands of experienced pilots especially when used in high speed hit and run attacks under GCI control. Ground-controlled interception (GCI an air defense tactic whereby one or more Radar stations are linked to a command communications center guides Interceptor MiG-21 intercepts of F-105 strike groups were effective in downing US aircraft or forcing them to jettison their bomb loads. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see Wikipe diaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

By the bombing halt in Operation Rolling Thunder in 1968, poor air-to-air combat loss-exchange ratios against smaller, more agile enemy MiGs during the early part of the Vietnam War eventually led the USAF to establish Dissimilar Air Combat Training programs such as Navy "Top Gun", these two programs employed subsonic A-4 Skyhawk and F-5 Tiger II aircraft to mimic the performance of more maneuverable opponents like the MiG-17 and MiG-21. Operation Rolling Thunder was the title of a gradual and sustained U Usually relevant to a condition or state of war where one side depletes the resources of another through attrition Dissimilar air combat training (DACT was introduced as a formal part of US air combat training after disappointing aerial combat exchange rates in the Vietnam War. TOPGUN is the popular name of the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor (SFTI program WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

A VPAF MiG-21MF flown by Phạm Tuân over Hanoi, North Vietnam on December 26, 1972 was apparently responsible for the only claimed air combat kill of a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress in history. Vietnamese Air Force or Không Quân Nhân Dân Việt Nam is the Air force of Vietnam. Phạm Tuân, Hero of the Soviet Union (born February 14, 1947) was the first Vietnamese Cosmonaut and by extension he was also the Hanoi ( Vietnamese: Hà Nội Hán Tự: 河[[wikt 内|内]], estimated population 3398889 (2007, is the Capital of Vietnam The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN or less commonly Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cộng Hòa was a Country on the northern half of Vietnam Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The B-52 had been circling above Hanoi during Operation Linebacker II. Operation Linebacker II was a US Seventh Air Force and US Navy Task Force 77 aerial bombardment campaign conducted against targets in the Over the course of the Vietnam War, between April 26, 1965 and January 8, 1973, each side claimed favorable kill ratios. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1965: Events January January 2 - Denis Healey, the UK's Secretary Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar.

Middle East

Line of Algerian MiG-21F-13 fighters.

The MiG-21 was also used extensively in the Middle East conflicts of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s by the air forces of Egypt, Syria and Iraq against Israel. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The MiG-21 first faced Israeli Mirage IIICs on April 7th, 1967 when six Syrian MiG-21's were shot down by the Israeli Mirages. The MiG-21 would face F-4 Phantom IIs and A-4 Skyhawks later in the 1970s, but was later outclassed by the more modern F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon, which were acquired by Israel beginning in the 1980s. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The MiG-21 was also used in the early stages of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December, 1979. The Soviet war in Afghanistan, also known as the Soviet-Afghan War or just the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, was a nine-year conflict involving

Egypt would eventually be shipped some American Sidewinder missiles, and these were fitted to their MiG-21s and successfully used in combat against Libyan MiG-23s during the brief 1977 war. The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a heat-seeking, short-range Air-to-air missile carried by Fighter aircraft and recently certain gunship helicopters

During the Yom Kippur War, in the "Air Battle of el-Mansoura" Egypt, Israel launched a large scale raid with over 100 aircraft – F-4 Phantoms and A-4 Skyhawks – attempting to hit the huge air base at el-Mansourah. The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War (מלחמת יום הכיפורים transliterated: Milkhemet Yom HaKipurim or מלחמת יום WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout It culminated in an almost continuous dogfight lasting no less than 53 minutes. According to Egyptian estimates over 180 aircraft were involved at one time, the majority belonging to the Israelis. At 10pm local time Cairo Radio broadcast “Communiqué Number 39”, announcing that there had been several air battles that day over a number of Egyptian airfields, that most intensive being over the northern Delta area. It also claimed that 15 enemy aircraft had been downed by Egyptian fighters for the loss of three Egyptian aircraft, while an even greater number of Israelis had been shot down by the Army and the Air Defense Forces over Sinai and the Suez Canal. For its part, Israel Radio claimed, early the following morning, that the IAF had shot down 15 Egyptian aircraft, a figure subsequently reduced to seven. . Following a more detailed analysis after the war had ended, the EAF actually increased its original claims and now asserts that the results of the el-Mansourah air battle were as follows: 17 Israeli aircraft confirmed shot down for the loss of six MiGs. Of the EAF aircraft lost, three were shot down by the enemy, two crashed because they ran out of fuel before their pilots could return to base and a third blew up after flying through the debris of an exploding Phantom which it had just shot down. ^[6]

India

A MiG-21 Bis of the No.3 Sqn at Pathankot AB, India. The No3 Squadron ( Cobras) of the IAF operates as a CAS and Reconnaissance unit The Cobra insignia can be seen fairly visibly.

The Indian Air Force has been one of the largest users of the MiG-21 since its initial employment of the plane in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The Indian Air Force (Devanāgarī भारतीय वायु सेना IAST Bhartiya Vāyu Senā is the air arm of the Armed Forces of India and has the The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a major military conflict between India and Pakistan. That war witnessed the first supersonic air combat in the subcontinent when an Indian MiG-21 shot down a PAF F-104 Starfighter. This article deals with the geophysical region in Asia For geopolitical treatments see South Asia. Pakistan Air Force ( Urdu: پاک فضائیہ, Pak Faza'ya) ( PAF) is the Aviation branch of the Pakistan armed forces WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout ^[7] The MiGs played an important role in air combat, ensuring an aerial superiority that ultimately resulted in Pakistan's defeat. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and It was also used as late as 1999 in the Kargil War. The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July The MiG-21's last known kill took place in 1999 during the Atlantique Incident when two MiG-21 aircraft of the Indian Air Force shot down a Breguet Atlantique reconnaissance aircraft of the Pakistani Navy, claiming the Pakistani aircraft violated Indian airspace. The Atlantique Incident was an event in which a Pakistan Navy Breguet Atlantique patrol plane carrying 16 people on board was shot down by the Indian Air Force WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Pakistan Navy ( Urdu: پاک بحریہ) is the naval branch of the Military of Pakistan. Airspace means the portion of the atmosphere controlled by a particular country on top of its territory and Territorial waters or more generally any specific three-dimensional ^[8] Upgraded MiG-21 'Bison' aircraft reportedly performed well against F-15 and F-16s of the USAF during Indo-US joint air exercises, surprising American pilots with its capabilities. Reportedly in simulated air combat maneuvering the new 'Bison' variants were way ahead of the western machines and effectively managed to win the mock engagements by a large scale. They will remain in service until 2017. ^[9]

Former Yugoslavia

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During 1991-1995, Yugoslav People's Army and Serb forces used its MiG-21 Ms (about a hundred in total compromising 1/3 of the entire air force) during the Slovenian War, Croatian War of Independence and the Bosnian War and again during the 1999 Kosovo War and NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. Serbs ( Serbian: Срби Srbi) are a South Slavic people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, The Ten-Day War (Desetdnevna vojna sometimes called the Slovenian Independence War (Slovenska osamosvojitvena vojna was a brief military conflict between Slovenia The Croatian War of Independence was a War in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 The War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, commonly known as the Bosnian War, was an international armed conflict that took place between March 1992 and November 1995 The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts in Kosovo: 1996–1999 The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia (code-named Operation Allied Force) was NATO 's military operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia that Except during the NATO intervention, the aircraft had no air opposition and was mainly used in a ground-attack role. Detailed records show at least six were shot down by AA defences in Croatia and Bosnia^[10] and another 24 were destroyed by NATO,^[10] most while on the ground. Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan In 1993, Croatia purchased about 40 MiG-21s in violation of arms embargo, but only 25 of these entered service, while the rest were used for spare parts. Croatia used them alongside the four that defected from the JNA^[10] mainly for ground attack missions and no known dogfights occurred between Croatian Air Force and Serbian MiGs. Croatian Air Force and Defense (Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana is a branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia.

Africa

During the Cold War MiG-21s were supplied to many sub-Saharan African nations by the Soviets. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the Their most notable use in combat occurred during the Angolan Civil War in the hands of the People's Air and Air Defence Force of Angola. The Angolan Civil War began in Angola after the end of the war for independence from Portugal in 1975 The People's Air and Air Defence Force of Angola or Força Aérea Popular de Angola/Defesa Aérea e Antiaérea (FAPA/DAA was established on 21 January 1976 and initially made Cuban Air Force pilots also flew MiG-21s over Angola during the War. Military of Cuba Military manpower Both Angolan and Cuban MiG-21s often had encounters with South African Air Force Mirages. The South African Air Force (SAAF is the Air force of South Africa, with headquarters in Pretoria. In 2006, at least two MiG-21s were used to bomb the Somalian airbases loyal during Ethiopia's invasion of Somalia.

Romania

Romanian Air Force MiG-21 UM LanceR-B

Beginning in 1993, Russia did not offer spare parts for the MiG-23 and MiG-29 for the Romanian Air Force. The Romanian Air Force (Forţele Aeriene Române is the Air force branch of the Romanian Armed Forces It has an air force headquarters an operational command The Romanian Air Force (Forţele Aeriene Române is the Air force branch of the Romanian Armed Forces It has an air force headquarters an operational command Initially, this was the context for the modernization of the Romanian MiG-21's with Elbit systems, and because it was easier for the Romanians to maintain these fighter jets. 110 MiG-21's were modernized under the LanceR designation. Today, only 48 LanceRs are operational for the RoAF. It can use both Western and Eastern armament such as the R-60M, R-73, Magic 2, or Python III missiles. They will be replaced in 2012 when new fighter jets will arrive, such as the Eurofighter Typhoon or Gripen. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

Variants

See also: Chengdu J-7

Mikoyan Ye-150, a MiG-21 derivative

MiG-21PFM, Polish Air Force, markings of 10th Fighter Regt. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Polish Air Force ( Siły Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej Siły Powietrzne RP - Air Forces of the Polish Republic is the Air force branch of the Polish

MiG-21, Deutsches Museum, Munich

Ye-2 (NATO: "Faceplate"): Swept-wing prototype. NATO reporting names are unclassified Code names for military equipment of the Eastern Bloc ( Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw pact
Ye-4 (I-500): The first delta wing prototype of the MiG-21.
Ye-5 (NATO "Fishbed"): Delta wing research prototype.
Ye-6: Three pre-production aircraft.
MiG-21: The first series of fighters.
MiG-21F (NATO: "Fishbed-B"): Single-seat day fighter aircraft. NATO reporting names are unclassified Code names for military equipment of the Eastern Bloc ( Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw pact It was the first production aircraft, with 40 machines being made. The MiG-21F carried 2160 liters of fuel in six internal fuel tanks and was powered by a Tumansky R-11 turbojet engine with 5740kgf of thrust, and armed with two 30-mm NR-30 cannons 60 shells each, it was also capable of carrying two bombs ranging from 50 to 500 kg each. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The unit kilogram-force ( kgf, often incorrectly just kg) or kilopond ( kp) is defined as the Force exerted by Earth's gravity Prototype Ye-6T was redesignated MiG-21F.
Ye-50: Swept-wing research prototype.
Ye-66: Single-seat version, built for breaking the world speed record.
Ye-66A: Built to break the world altitude record.
Ye-66B: Rocket-boosted variant built to establish women's time-to-height records.
Ye-76: Designation used for MiG-21PFs used to establish women's speed records.
Ye-150: Interceptor prototype, essentially an enlarged MiG-21.
Ye-152 (NATO "Flipper"): Bigger than a MiG-21, the Ye-152 'Flipper' was a high-performance aircraft, which achieved at least 3 world records.
MiG-21F-13 (NATO "Fishbed-C"): Single-seat, short-range day fighter. The MiG-21F-13 was the first mass-production model. The MiG-21F-13 was powered by a Tumansky R-11 turbojet engine, it was armed with two Vympel K-13 (AA-2 'Atoll') air-to-air missiles, and one 30-mm NR-30 cannon with a 30 shell magazine. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The K-13 ( NATO reporting name AA-2 Atoll) was one of the world's most proliferated Air-to-air missiles Developed by the Soviet The Nudelman-Rikhter NR-30 was a Soviet Cannon widely used in Military aircraft of the The Type 74 is the Indian Air Force designation. The MiG-21F-13 was made in China, and designated Chengdu J-7 or F-7 for export. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
MiG-21FL: Export model of the MiG-21PF. Built under license in India as the Type 77.
MiG-21I (NATO "Analog"): Testbed for the wing design of the Tu-144 (NATO: 'Charger') supersonic transport. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A supersonic transport (SST is a civil Aircraft designed to transport passengers at speeds greater than the Speed of sound.

MiG-21 SPS

MiG-21SPS: Version built for East Germany.
MiG-21P (NATO "Fishbed-D / Fishbed-E"): Single-seat, limited all-weather interceptor fighter. Armed with two air-to-air missiles only. An air-to-air missile ( AAM) is a guided Missile fired from an Aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft
MiG-21PF (NATO "Fishbed-D / Fishbed-E"): Single-seat, limited all-weather fighter, equipped with a RP21 Sapfir radar. The RP 21 Sapfir was a Radar system developed by the Soviet Union for use in the updated MiG-21PF fighter and later versions of the MiG-21 The MiG-21PF is the second production model. Prototype Ye-7, Type 76 Indian Air Force designation.
MiG-21PF (SPS) (NATO "Fishbed-E")
MiG-21PFM (NATO "Fishbed-F"): Single-seat, limited all-weather fighter, with upgraded radar and a more powerful engine. Improved version of the MiG-21PFS.
MiG-21PFS (NATO "Fishbed-F"): Single-seat, limited all-weather fighter, with upgraded radar and a more powerful engine.
MiG-21 (NATO "Fishbed-G"): Experimental short take-off and landing version of the MiG-21PFM. Two lift engines in lengthened fuselage.
MiG-21R (NATO "Fishbed-H"): Single-seat tactical reconnaissance version of the MiG-21PFM.
MiG-21RF (NATO "Fishbed-J"): Single-seat tactical reconnaissance version of the MiG-21MF.
MiG-21S (NATO "Fishbed-J"): Single-seat interceptor fighter version, equipped with an RP-22 radar and an external gun pod. (Incorrectly identified by NATO as the MiG-21PFMA); E-8, Type 88 Indian Air Force designation.
MiG-21SM: Single-seat interceptor fighter version, powered by a Tumansky R-13-300 turbojet engine. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
MiG-21PFV: MiG-21M aircraft of SFR Yugoslav Air Force. The Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protiv vazdušna odbrana - RV i PVO SFRJ - SFR Yugoslav Air Force, sometimes simply called Jugoslovensko ratno vazduhoplovstvo; High-altitude version (perekhvatchik forsirovannij visotnij, high-altitude boosted interceptor).
MiG-21M: MiG-21MF, Polish Air Force, markings of 3rd Tactical Sqn. Polish Air Force ( Siły Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej Siły Powietrzne RP - Air Forces of the Polish Republic is the Air force branch of the Polish; Export version powered by a Tumansky R-13 turbojet engine. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Built under license in India as the Type 96.
MiG-21MF: Export version powered by a Tumansky R-13 turbojet engine. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
MiG-21MF (NATO "Fishbed-J"): Single-seat multi-role fighter version, equipped with a RP-22 radar, powered by a Tumansky R-13-300 turbojet engine. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
MiG-21MF-R: MiG-21SMT of the former Soviet Air Force. The Soviet Air Force, also known under the abbreviation VVS, transliterated from Russian: ВВС, Военно-воздушные силы ( Voenno-Vozdushnye; After the MiG-21R was withdrawn from service in the Bulgarian Air force in 1995, a group of engineers fitted the MiG-21MFs with the recon containers from the MiG-21Rs. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Recon may refer to Re-Con, a UK hardcore producer and alias of Mike Di Scala Reconnaissance, a military term for gathering information
MiG-21SMT (NATO "Fishbed-K"): MiG-21 bis fighter aircraft of YuAF. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protiv vazdušna odbrana - RV i PVO SFRJ - SFR Yugoslav Air Force, sometimes simply called Jugoslovensko ratno vazduhoplovstvo; Single-seat multi-role fighter version, powered by a Tumansky R-13 turbojet engine. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Increased fuel and ECM capability. (E-9, block 94 and 96)
MiG-21bis (NATO "Fishbed-L"): Single-seat multi-role fighter and ground-attack aircraft. The final production model built up until 1977 in Russia and 1987 in India. This version is powered by a Tumansky R-25-300 turbojet engine, and carries 2880 liters of fuel. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The engines are capable of "extreme afterburner" for up to 3 min - increasing the thrust from 7100 kgf to 9900 kgf. The AfterBurner is a lighting solution for the Game Boy Advance system that was created by Triton-Labs It can accelerate from 600 km/h to 1100 km/h in 18 seconds (the MiG-29 does it in 11,6 sec). WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The climb rate is 225 m/s. In Aerodynamics, the rate of climb RoC is the speed at which an Aircraft increases its Altitude. In comparison the F-14 has a climb rate of 152 m/s, the MiG-17F 65 m/s, the F-16A 215 m/s. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
MiG-21 bis (NATO "Fishbed-N"): Single-seat multi-role fighter and ground-attack aircraft.
MiG-21U (NATO "Mongol-A"): Two-seat training version of the MiG-21F-13. Type 66 Indian Air Force designation.
MiG-21US (NATO "Mongol-B"): Two-seat training version. Type 68 Indian Air Force designation.
MiG-21UT: MiG-21UM trainer aircraft of FRY Air Force. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout; Two-seat trainer.
MiG-21UM (NATO "Mongol-B"): Two-seat training version of the MiG-21MF. Type 69 Indian Air Force designation.
JJ-7: Two-seat training version of the J-7.
FT-7: Export designation of the JJ-7.
MiG-21-93 Bison: Upgraded version for export and Indian Air Force is the first customer. Armed with Phazotron Kopyo (Spear) airborne radar, which is capable of simultaneously tracking 8 targets and engage 2 of the 8 target tracked with semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile such as Vympel R-27. JSC Phazotron ( Phazotron-NIIR) is Russia 's largest developer of military radars and Avionics. The Vympel R-27 ( NATO reporting name AA-10 Alamo, Cyrillic P-27) is a medium-range Air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet The radar also enable to fighter to deploy active radar homing air-to-air missile such as Vympel R-77 when additional channel is incorporated. The Russian R-77 (RVV-AE Missile ( NATO reporting name: AA-12 Adder) is a medium range air-to-air active radar-guided missile system Russian advertise has claimed that this version is equivalent to early F-16.
MiG-21-97: MiG-21-93 upgrade. MiG-21-93 re-engined with Klimov RD-33 engine. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Russians have claimed that the evaluation at Ramenskoye Airport had shown that this version had beaten simulated F-16 in mocked dogfight with a score of 4:1. Ramenskoye Airport (Аэропорт Раменское is an airport in Moscow Oblast, Russia located 40 km southeast of Moscow and near the town of
MiG-21 Lancer: Croatian Air Force MiG-21 bis-D; Upgraded version for the Romanian Air Force done by Elbit of Israel and Aerostar of Romania. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Lancer-A version is optimized for ground attack being able to deliver precision guided munitions of eastern and western origin as well as R-60, R-73 and Python III air to air missiles. The Lancer-B version is the trainer version and the Lancer-C version is the air superiority version featuring 2 LCD MFDs, helmet mounted sight and the Elta EL/M-2032 Air combat radar. [4]
MiG-21MFN: Upgraded version for the Czech Air force (navigation and communication systems for compatibility with NATO).
MiG-21bisD/UMD: MiG-21 2000; Upgraded in 2003 for the Croatian Air force with some elements of the Lancer standard. Modernized for a 10-year period but due to be withdrawn from service in 2011. Reported to have the ability to fire Swedish RBS-15F anti-ship missiles.
MiG-21-2000: Single-seat 21st century version for export buyers. Made by Israel Aerospace Industries. Israel Aerospace Industries ( Hebrew: התעשייה האווירית לישראל ha-ta`aSiyyâh ha-'awîrît lë-yiSrâ'êl) or IAI (תע"א ta`a'

Foreign variants

China (PRC)

Chinese copies of the MiG-21 are designated Chengdu J-7 and F-7 (for export). WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

Czechoslovakia

Between 1962 and 1972 the MiG-21F-13 version was manufactured under license by Aero Vodochody, in Czechoslovakia. Aero Vodochody (commonly referred to as Aero; Vodochody is a location is a Czech (and Czechoslovak) Aircraft company active Aero Vodochody (then Středočeské strojírny, n. p. ), built a total of 194 planes during this period, under the cover designation article Z-159. It followed the MiG-15 and MiG-19S built in Vodochody factory from the fifties to sixties. The sole locally-built version of the MiG-21F-13 differed externally from the Soviet-built examples by the solid dural sheet fairing behind the cockpit canopy, as opposed to the transparent one on the original Soviet MiGs. These machines were built for the Czechoslovak Air Force and also for export. The R-13-300 engines were imported from the Soviet Union.

IAF MiG-21 Bison

India

The production of the MiG-21bis assembled from CKD parts and also reportedly built from scratch in India under license by Hindustan Aeronautics in Nasik lasted until 1984. The Indian Air Force (Devanāgarī भारतीय वायु सेना IAST Bhartiya Vāyu Senā is the air arm of the Armed Forces of India and has the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited ( HAL) based in Bangalore, India, is one of Asia 's largest Aerospace companies Despite a series of crashes during the 1990s, which led to the aircraft acquiring the nickname "flying coffin," the Indian Air Force has decided to upgrade about 128 of the MiG-21bis in its inventory to the MiG-21 "Bison" standard. The Indian Air Force (Devanāgarī भारतीय वायु सेना IAST Bhartiya Vāyu Senā is the air arm of the Armed Forces of India and has the These will serve the Indian Air Force until 2015.

Israel

Israeli Aircraft Industries manufactures an upgrade package for the MiG-21 called the MiG-21-2000. Israel Aerospace Industries ( Hebrew: התעשייה האווירית לישראל ha-ta`aSiyyâh ha-'awîrît lë-yiSrâ'êl) or IAI (תע"א ta`a' ^[11]

Israel/Romania

A joint venture between Aerostar SA and Elbit has developed the "LanceR" upgrade package for the MiG-21, and 114 MiG-21s have been upgraded to the MiG-21 LanceR configuration for the Romanian Air Force. Aerostar SA is an Aeronautical company based in Bacău, Romania. Elbit Systems Ltd is one of Israel 's largest defense electronics manufacturers and integrators The Romanian Air Force (Forţele Aeriene Române is the Air force branch of the Romanian Armed Forces It has an air force headquarters an operational command

MiG-21-93 prototype

Russia

Russia now offers an upgrade package to bring late-model MiG-21s up to the MiG-21-93 standard. This package provides an upgrade of the avionics suite that includes installation of the Kopyo pulse-doppler radar used by the MiG-29, which enables the aircraft to fire a greater range of modern weapons such as the beyond-visual-range Vympel R-77 air-to-air missile. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Russian R-77 (RVV-AE Missile ( NATO reporting name: AA-12 Adder) is a medium range air-to-air active radar-guided missile system The upgraded avionics also enhance the aircraft's survivability as well as its ability to engage enemy fighters. Other upgrade features include installation of a dual-screen HUD, helmet-mounted target designator, and advanced flight control systems.

Operators

Current operators of the MiG-21 in bright red and former operators in dark red

Two seater MiG-21UM, Polish Air Force, markings of 3rd Tactical Sqn. Polish Air Force ( Siły Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej Siły Powietrzne RP - Air Forces of the Polish Republic is the Air force branch of the Polish

Romanian Air Force MiG-21 LanceR

Serbian Air Force MiG-21 bis N. The Romanian Air Force (Forţele Aeriene Române is the Air force branch of the Romanian Armed Forces It has an air force headquarters an operational command The Serbian Air Force and Air Defense consists of an array of combat Aircraft, Cargo aircraft, Reconnaissance aircraft, UAV, 17163 from 101. Fighter Squadron from 204th Air Base. The 204th Air Base is a main air base of Serbian Air Force and Air Defense.

A Bulgarian MiG-21 taxis at Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria during a bilateral exercise between the U. S. and Bulgarian air forces.

Croatian Air Force MiG-21 UMD

See also: Chengdu J-7

Current operators

Angola: 25 MiG-21 in service. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola Pronounced ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈgɔlɐ Repubilika ya Ngola is a country in south-central
Armenia
Azerbaijan: 3 MiG-21 in service. Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South
Bangladesh: Chengdu J-7
Bulgaria: From 1963 to 1990 Bulgaria received: 12 MiG-21F-13(still in service). ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian [5]
Cambodia: 4 MiG-21s all grounded. The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East
Croatia: 12- 24 MiG-21bisD/UMD in service. Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between
Cuba: From 1962 to 1983 Cuba received 270 MiG-21 of the following versions: MiG-21F-13, MiG-21PF, MiG-21PFM, MiG-21PFMA, MiG-21U, MiG-21UM, MiG-21MF, MiG-21R and MiG-21bis. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la 160 remain in service as follows: 90 MiG-21bis, 60 MiG-21MF and 10 MiG-21UM. [6]
Egypt: 62 MiG-21 in service. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics.
Ethiopia: 18 Mig-21bis, 3 Mig-21U
Guinea
India: 428 MiG-21Bis and MiG-21MF in service with the Indian Air Force are to be replaced
Iran: 24 Chengdu F-7 in service; 36 MiG-21 in reserve. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea (pronounced /ˈgɪni/ République de Guinée is a country in West Africa, formerly known as French Guinea India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Indian Air Force (Devanāgarī भारतीय वायु सेना IAST Bhartiya Vāyu Senā is the air arm of the Armed Forces of India and has the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
Laos: MiG-21 grounded. Laos (ˈlɑːoʊs or /ˈlaʊs/ officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a Landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma
Libya: 25 MiG-21 in service, purchased from the Soviet Union
Madagascar: MiG-21 grounded. Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern
Mongolia: 8 MiG-21, all grounded. Mongolia (mɒŋˈɡoʊliə, literally Mongol country/nation,) is a Landlocked Country in East
Mozambique
Pakistan: 234 Chengdu J-7
Nigeria: 32 MiG-21 grounded, to be retired. Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique (Moçambique or República de Moçambique, ʁɛ'publikɐ d musɐ̃'bik is a country in southeastern Africa Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal
North Korea: 150 MiG-21 in service. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia,
Romania: 48 MiG-21 currently in service with the Romanian Air Force, to be phased out in 2011, when new fighter aircraft, such as the Eurofighter or the Gripen, are purchased. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania The Romanian Air Force (Forţele Aeriene Române is the Air force branch of the Romanian Armed Forces It has an air force headquarters an operational command WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout ^[12]
Serbia: 23 (MiG-21 Bis), 6 (MiG-21 UM) but only 4 fly regularly. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country ^[13]^[14]
Sudan: 10 Chengdu J-7 in service. Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa.
Syria: 176 MiG-21 in Service. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية
Turkmenistan
Vietnam: 124 MiG-21 in service. Turkmenistan ( Türkmenistan; also known as Turkmenia) is a Turkic country in Central Asia. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially
Yemen: 47 MiG-21 in service. Yemen ( Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman officially the Republic of Yemen ( Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya

Former operators

Afghanistan: 166 total examples, including 70 MiG-21MF, 40 MiG-21F-13, and almost 50 MiG-21bis, were acquired by the Afghan Air Force. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The Afghan National Air Corps is a service branch of the Military of Afghanistan, which is responsible for Air defense and Air warfare. The F-13 examples were delivered in 1965, while the remainder were delivered from 1980 on. None remain operational. ^[15]
Bangladesh: Received 1 squadron of MiG-21 in 1973. ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout All now retired, instead use Chengdu J-7. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout MiG-21's in the Bangladesh Air Force
Algeria
Belarus
Burkina Faso
Republic of the Congo: Most are no longer in service
Czechoslovakia: All aircraft passed on to Czech Republic and Slovakia. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east Burkina Faso (bɚˌkiːnəˈfɑːsoʊ burr-KEE-na FAH-soh) also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a Landlocked nation in West Africa The Republic of the Congo (République du Congo Kongo: Repubilika ya Kongo; Lingala: Republiki ya Kongó) also known as Congo-Brazzaville Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Many versions: F-13 (Soviet and Czechoslovak build), PF, PFM, R, MA, MF and two-seat U, US and UM. Never uses Bis version.
Czech Republic Last MF was upgraded to MFN NATO standard. The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, No longer in service, CZAF have Saab Gripens.
East Germany
Ethiopia: Type replaced by Su-27s. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Fighters: MIG-21bis (1978-2001) along with two seat variant of unknown type.
Finland: Fighters: MiG-21bis Fishbed-N (26; 1977-1998), MiG-21F-13 Fishbed-C (22; 1963-1986), Trainers: MiG-21UM Mongol-B (2; 1974-1998), MiG-21US Mongol-B (2; 1981-1997), MiG-21UTI Mongol-A (2; 1965-1997)
Guinea-Bissau
Hungary: Over 300 examples from 1962 to 2001 (MiG-21MFs grounded in 1996)
Indonesia: Acquired its MiG-21s in 1961 and used during the preparation of Operation TRIKORA in 1962 in Western New Guinea (now Papua and Papua Barat). Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. The Republic of Guinea-Bissau (ˈgɪni bɨˈsaʊ República da Guiné-Bissau ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɐ giˈnɛ biˈsau is a country in Western Africa, and one of the smallest Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. Papua is the largest province of Indonesia, comprising a majority part of the western half of the island of New Guinea and nearby islands (see also West Papua ( Papua Barat; formerly West Irian Jaya or Irian Jaya Barat) with population around 800000 is the least populous province of The aircraft were largely grounded in 1969 and removed from service in 1970.
Iraq: Probably all either destroyed or scrapped, 35 flown over to Iran in 1991. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics.
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Mali
North Yemen: MiG-21 passed on to Yemen. Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan ( Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, qɑzɑqˈstɑn Казахстан, Kazakhstán,) officially the Kyrgyzstan (ˈkɻ̩gɪztɑn (AmE or /'kɝgəztan/ (BrE Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан; Russian: Киргизия or Киргизстан or Кыргызстан Mali, officially the Republic of Mali (République du Mali is a Landlocked nation in Western Africa. The Yemen Arab Republic (YAR (in Arabic: الجمهوريّة العربية اليمنية al-`Arabīyah al-Yamanīyah'') also known as North Yemen
Poland: 581 MiG-21 in many versions (F-13, PF, PFM, M, R, MF, bis, U, US, and UM) bought in the years 1961-1980, after 2003 no longer in service. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)
Russia
Slovakia
Tajikistan
Soviet Union: MiG-21 passed on to successor states. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million Tajikistan (təˈdʒɪkɨstæn or /təˈdʒiːkɨstæn/ Тоҷикистон tɔʤikɪsˈtɔn or, Persian تاجیکستان‎ taajikestaan officially the Republic of The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
Uganda
Ukraine
Yugoslavia: 264 MiG-21 aircraft in 9 versions (F-13, PF, PFM, M, MF, R, bis, US, UM) passed on to successor state: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Republic of Uganda is a Landlocked country in East Africa. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Савезна Република Југославија / Savezna Republika Jugoslavija) or FRY was a federal state
Yugoslavia: Air Force of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro had three squadrons with MiG-21, but only one Squadron has survived the Kosovo War. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Савезна Република Југославија / Savezna Republika Jugoslavija) or FRY was a federal state The Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i Protiv Vazdušna Odbrana - RV i PVO SRJ/SCG - Air Force of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro, That squadron has been passed on to successor state: Serbia. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country
Zambia

Civil operators

Some aircraft are now owned and flown by private collectors as warbirds. The Republic of Zambia (ˈzæmbɪə is a Landlocked country in Southern Africa. For the comic book superhero see Ms Marvel.For the Romulan starships in Star Trek see D'deridex-class warbird. There are even importers in the U. S. that purchase Mig 21s, Mig 15s and Mig 17s from Russia and other states and sell them to civilians for around $20000. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

Specifications (Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis)

General characteristics

Crew: One
Length: 15. 76 m including probe (51 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 7. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. The wingspan (or just span) of an airplane or a Bird, is the distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip 15 m (23 ft 5 in)
Height: 4. 12 m (13 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 23 m² (247. 5 ft²)
Empty weight: 5,350 kg (11,800 lb)
Loaded weight: 8,726 kg (19,200 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 9,660 kg (21,300 lb)
Powerplant: 1× Tumansky R-25-300 afterburning turbojet, 70 kN (97 kN with extreme afterburner) (15,700 lbf)

Performance

Maximum speed: 2230 km/h (1385 mph) (Mach 2. The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass The Maximum Takeoff Weight or Maximum Takeoff Mass of an Aircraft is the maximum weight at which the pilot of the aircraft is allowed to attempt to take off WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout TurboJET (噴射飛航 is the brand name for the operations of the Hong Kong -based Shun Tak-China Travel Ship Management Limited (信德中旅船務管理有限公司 This article deals with the unit of force For the unit of mass see Pound (mass. In Aviation, V-speeds or Velocity-speeds are standard terms used to define Airspeeds important or useful to the operation of Aircraft, such Mach number (\mathrm{Ma} or M (generally ˈmɑːk sometimes /ˈmɑːx/ or /ˈmæk/ is the speed of an object moving through air or any Fluid 1)
Range: 450-500 km (280-310 mi)
Service ceiling 19,000 m (62,300 ft)
Rate of climb: 225 m/s (23,600 ft/min but with 50 per cent fuel and two AA-2 "Atoll" missiles, the MiG-21 can reach 58,000 feet [17,600 meters] in one minute, under favorable weather circumstances)
Wing loading: 379 kg/m² (77. The maximal total range is the distance an Aircraft can fly between Takeoff and Landing, as limited by fuel capacity in powered aircraft or cross-country A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States In Aeronautics, a ceiling is the maximum Density altitude an aircraft can reach under a set of conditions In Aerodynamics, the rate of climb RoC is the speed at which an Aircraft increases its Altitude. In Aerodynamics, wing loading is the loaded weight of the aircraft divided by the area of the wing 8 lb/ft²)
Thrust/weight: 0. Thrust-to-weight ratio is as its name suggests the ratio of instantaneous Thrust to Weight (where weight means weight at the Earth ’s surface 84

Armament

One centerline twin-barrelled GSh-23 23 mm cannon (PFM, MF, SMT, and bis variants) or one single-barrelled NR-30 cannon (F-13 variant). The Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23 ( ГШ-23) is a twin-barreled 23 mm Automatic cannon developed in the Soviet Union, primarily for Military aircraft The Nudelman-Rikhter NR-30 was a Soviet Cannon widely used in Military aircraft of the
Up to 2,000 kg (4,400 lb) of air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons on two or four underwing hardpoints, depending on the variant. Early machines carried two Vympel K-13 (AA-2 'Atoll') air-to-air missiles under the wing pylons. The K-13 ( NATO reporting name AA-2 Atoll) was one of the world's most proliferated Air-to-air missiles Developed by the Soviet Late models carried two K-13 and two fuel tanks under the wing pylons or combinations of four K-13 infrared- and radar-guided missiles. The Molniya R-60 (NATO reporting name AA-8 'Aphid') was also used on multiple pylons and six of them could be carried. The Molniya (now Vympel) R-60 ( NATO reporting name AA-8 ' Aphid') is a lightweight Air-to-air missile NATO reporting names are unclassified Code names for military equipment of the Eastern Bloc ( Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw pact Most aircraft carried a single 450 L (119 US gal) fuel tank on the centerline pylon. A gallon is a measure of Volume. It is in current use in the United States and still has limited use in many other English-speaking countries

References

^ MIG-21 Fishbed from Russian Military Analysis
^ MiG-21 FISHBED from Global Security.org
^ Now called Nizhny Novgorod. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout This list of the military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS includes experimental prototype and operational types regardless of A fighter aircraft is a Military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other Aircraft, as opposed to a Bomber, which is designed Nizhny Novgorod (Ни́жний Но́вгород Nižnij Novgorod) colloquially shortened as Nizhny, is the fourth largest city in Russia
^ Engines of the MiG-21
^ without/with afterburner
^ AirEnthusiast, Volume 100 (July/August 2002)
^ The 1971 Liberation War: Supersonic Air Combat (Bharat-Rakshak.com)
^ Atlantique Incident has complete details with sources. The Atlantique Incident was an event in which a Pakistan Navy Breguet Atlantique patrol plane carrying 16 people on board was shot down by the Indian Air Force
^ 'MiG -21' safest flying machines-Chandigarh-Cities-The Times of India
^ ^a ^b ^c Avijacija bez granica web site dedicated to JNA and successor air forces, containing detailed info on each documented air loss (Serbian)
^ Airforce Technology.com article
^ Romania replaces the MiG-21, Antena 3, 16th May 2007 (Romanian)
^ Serbia Air Force Aircraft Types
^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_Air_Force#Current_status
^ "Historical Listings", World Air Forces. Antena 3 is a Romanian TV channel which focuses on news and current events

Bibliography

Gordon, Yefim. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15: The Soviet Union's Long-Lived Korean War Fighter. Hinckley: Midland, 2001. ISBN 1-85780-105-9.
Gordon, Yefim. Mikoyan MiG-21 (Famous Russian aircraft). Hinckley: Midland, 2007. ISBN 1857802578.
Toperczer, István. MiG-21 Units of the Vietnam War (Osprey combat aircraft, 29). Oxford: Osprey Pub, 2001. ISBN 1841762636.

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