A post from my Mikoyan and Gurevich Jet Fighters collection. This MiG-21 – “Fishbed” has the markings of Croatia ๐ญ๐ท.
Originally shared by Pete Panozzo
Croatian ๐ญ๐ท Air Force MiG-21
Date 9 August 2016
Source www.flickr.com
Author Tomislav Haraminฤiฤ
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: ะะธะบะพัะฝ ะธ ะััะตะฒะธั ะะธะ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. It was popularly nicknamed “balalaika”, from the aircraft’s planform-view resemblance to the Russian stringed musical instrument or oลรณwek (English: pencil) by Polish pilots due to the shape of its fuselage.[2]
Approximately 60 countries over four continents have flown the MiG-21, and it still serves many nations six decades after its maiden flight. It made aviation records, became the most-produced supersonic jet aircraft in aviation history, the most-produced combat aircraft since the Korean War and previously the longest production run of a combat aircraft (now exceeded by both the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon).
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