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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 ( Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Its nicknames include: " Balalaika ", because its planform resembles the stringed musical instrument of the same ...
Ye-4 (1955) The first delta wing prototype of the MiG-21. Proof-of-concept testbed: used an existing production engine in a Ye-5 airframe. Ye-50 (1956) Swept-wing, experimental high-altitude interceptor. Ye-2 airframe modified to fit Dushkin S-155 rocket motor. Design work started in 1954, first flight in 1956.
Operation Diamond[ 1] ( Hebrew: מִבְצָע יַהֲלוֹם, Mivtza Yahalom) was an operation undertaken by Mossad. Its goal was the acquisition of a Soviet -built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, the most advanced Soviet fighter plane at that time. The operation began in mid-1963 and ended on August 16, 1966, when an Iraqi Air Force MiG-21, flown ...
They have also become known as "NATO reporting names". The ASCC became the Five Eyes Air Force Interoperability Council and no longer has responsibility for generating reporting names. NATO reporting name. Common name. Faceplate. Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-2. Fagin.
Cuba. A left side view of a Cuban MiG-21 fighter aircraft inside VF-45 hangar. It was flown to Key West on September 20, 1993 by a defecting Cuban pilot. Cuban Air Force: 11 in service as of 2023. 40 MiG-21F-13 and two MiG-21U were transferred to the Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR) in 1962.
The RP-21 Sapfir ( NATO codename: Spin Scan) was a radar system developed by the Soviet Union for use in the updated MiG-21PF fighter, and used in later versions of the MiG-21. The early MiG-21 fighter variants, MiG-21F and MiG-21F-13, were clear-weather daylight-only fighters. Although they were in use with the Soviet Air Force Frontal ...
The Tumansky R-25 was designed as a replacement for the Tumansky R-13 in MiG-21 fighters. The R-25 is a two-spool axial-flow turbojet with a new compressor with increased overall pressure ratio and airflow, variable two-stage afterburner, and greater use of titanium . An unusual addition to the R-25 was an emergency mode thrust boost which ...
V. List of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 variants. Category: Mikoyan aircraft. Hidden categories: Commons category link is on Wikidata.