Today, Mikoyan remains a key manufacturer in the Russian defense sector. But the MiG-21 is a model fighter. Simple in its design and straightforward in its mission, over 50 countries have used ...

Exported worldwide, the MiG-21 (NATO nickname ... Bettmann//Getty Images Early model MiG-21s parked in formation, Moscow, 1965. Note the 57-millimeter rocket pods under the lead plane ...

The Soviet Union-era fighter jet, the MiG-21, is called the Fishbed because Soviet and Russian planes rarely receive a ...

China also made a licensed-built MiG-21 called the Chengdu J-7 (for the Chinese home market) or the F-7 (export version). This licensed-built model also saw three generations, with incremental ...

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (NATO Codename: Fishbed) is one of the defining single-engine jet fighters of any nation in the 20th century. A platform that's so easily adaptable and beloved by its ...

The MiG-21 LanceR was the longest serving fighter jet in Romanian Air Force. After 61 years of career, the iconic MiG-21 LanceR, the longest-lived fighter aircraft in the history of the Romanian ...