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1 Pucki Dywizjon Lotniczy MiG-21 bis
A MiG 21 of Polish Air Force.

The MiG-21 Fishbed is an airplane made by Mikoyan. It is a supersonic fighter, and first flew in 1956. It has a triangle wing, and at least 30 countries use or have used it. More than 10,000 have been made, which is more than any supersonic fighter ever. It fought in the Vietnam War and is still being used today.

Images for kids

  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis, Hungary - Air Force AN0740836

    Hungarian Air Force MiG-21bis on takeoff.

  • MiG-21 on display on top of Verkkokauppa in Helsinki

    Retired Finnish MiG-21bis on top of Verkkokauppa store in Helsinki (Tyynenmerenkatu 11).

  • MiG-21 BIS on display in Helsinki

    Close-up of the landing gear bay.

  • Mig-21

    MiG-21 at Aleksotas Airport (S. Dariaus / S. Gireno), Kaunas (EYKS)

  • MiG-21M Preschen (22951457305)

    MiG-21М National People's Army of the GDR, August 1990

  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PFM, Russia - Air Force AN1343184

    A pole mounted MiG-21

  • MiG-21F-13 Fishbed C

    Czechoslovak MiG-21F-13 "Fishbed C"

  • MiG-21 cockpit

    Older MiG-21 cockpit

  • Cockpit MiG 21 F 13

    MiG-21F-13 cockpit at the Aviation Museum in Bucharest, Romania

  • Back of a MiG-21

    MiG-21F-13 rear view

  • Sheeju mig21

    MiG-21 Bison of the Indian Air Force

  • MiG-21F-13-Fishbed-C

    Indonesian Air Force MiG-21 in the Yogyakarta Air Force Museum

  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PF USAF

    MiG-21F-13 in Vietnam People's Air Force markings exhibited at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Ohio.

  • VPAF MiG-21 landing with chute

    A missile-armed VPAF MiG-21PF landing

  • Vietnam People's Air Force MIG-21 (4324)

    Vietnam People's Air Force MiG-21 number 4324, flown by various pilots, was credited with 14 kills during the Vietnam War.

  • BAM-19a-MiG 21 F-13

    Yugoslav air force MiG-21F-13

  • MiG-21 Lancer C firing rockets

    A Romanian Air Force MiG-21 LanceR C during a training exercise.

  • Bulgarian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis Lofting-4

    Bulgarian Air Force MiG-21bis

  • Bulgarian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis Lofting-1

    MiG-21bis Bulgarian Air Force

  • MiG-21 in US service

    U.S. Air Force MiG-21 with American markings used for training of American pilots in flight

  • MiG 21 operators

    Current MiG-21 operators in blue, former operators in red, operators of captured aircraft in green.

  • MiG-21UM 16178 Serbian Air Force

    Serbian Air Force MiG-21UM.

  • Croatian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UMD Lofting-1

    Croatian Air Force MiG-21UMD in unique promotional paint scheme.

  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis Fishbed L, Croatia - Air Force JP6757753

    Croatian MiG-21bis 1996.

  • MiG-21PFM-Egypt-1982

    Egyptian MiG-21PFM in 1982

  • MiG-21 Bulgarian Air Force

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

  • Bulgarian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis Lofting-6

    Bulgarian Air Force MiG-21UB

  • Czechoslovak Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21R Lofting-5

    Czechoslovak Air Force MiG-21R

  • MiG-21.UM.9292.Radom.AirShow.2002

    Two-seat Polish Air Force MiG-21UM with 3rd Tactical Squadron markings

  • Bangladesh-Air-Force Mig-21UM

    Bangladesh Air Force two-seat MiG-21UM in BAF Museum. The aircraft was gifted by the Soviet Union in 1972

  • Derelict Malagasy MIG 21's (32606236945)

    Derelict Malagasy MiG-21UMs

  • ArmedForcesAcademy11Slovakia13

    Slovak Air Force MiG-21MA on display in Liptovský Mikuláš, 2011.

  • Mikoyan MiG-21 Fishbed Schematics

    drawing of MiG-21

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