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.

2024年4月3日 · Despite its simplicity, the MiG-21 was highly effective, notably during the Vietnam War, where it became a formidable adversary to American forces. Its agility and climb rate, combined with a...

2024年10月21日 · With its lightweight airframe and a powerful turbojet engine, the MiG-21 was the first Soviet jet aircraft capable of reaching Mach 2 – or twice the speed of sound – at high altitude.

2020年7月4日 · The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (NATO reporting name “Fishbed”) is a supersonic jet fighter 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 ołówek (English: pencil) by Polish ...

The MiG-21 is designed by the Soviet aircraft manufacturer Mikoyan-Gurevich. It is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft which was flown by around sixty different countries around the world.

2019年4月11日 · Still going strong after 60 years of service, the rock-solid MiG-21 supersonic fighter gained a fearsome reputation despite its lackluster combat record.

2018年8月20日 · The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 was a Soviet supersonic jet fighter and interceptor. In many ways, the MiG-21 was a symbol of the effective and simple Soviet system of designing combat aircraft. Due to its high efficiency, about 11,496 MiG-21s were built, making it not only the most-produced combat aircraft since the Korean War, but also the most ...

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. It was popularly nicknamed "balalaika", from the …

A light-weight, single-engine fighter, the MiG-21 was used in Viet Nam and against Coaltition forces during the Gulf War. The MiG-21 entered service in 1959. Nearly 60 countries over four continents have flown the MiG-21 and the jet still services many nations more than a half-century after its inaugural flight.

2011年3月28日 · The Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21 is truly one of the most remarkable aircraft of the Cold War and perhaps the most widely-built plane since World War II. In its career, the MiG-21 has seen service with some 47 different nations throughout Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Eastern Europe since the late 1950s.