One of the USSR’s most iconic design bureaus, Mikoyan-Gurevich, created a series of warplanes that, in some cases, are still flying the unfriendly skies today. The MiG-21 fighter (NATO ...
Moreover, it is an aging aviary: before last week’s kills, only 20 to 25 of the planes were modern, high-performance MIG-21s. Still on the ground are some 80 slower, less maneuverable MIG-15s ...
Colonel Tomb was supposedly a double ace of the VPAF who scored anywhere from twelve to fourteen air-to-air kills against American warplanes. As the saying goes, “The first casualty of war is truth.” ...
The MiG-21 suffered from limited range and poor pilot visibility, and it did not have multi-role capability. One of the most distinctive elements of the Flogger’s design was its variable-wing sweep.
Built to replace the older – as in 1955 vintage – MiG-21 Fishbed, and intended to contend with America's F-4 Phantom, the MiG ...
On September 24, 1958, the People’s Liberation Army Air Force faced disaster ... later used in combat by North Vietnamese MiG-21s.