The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 “Fishbed,” one of the Cold War’s most iconic and widely produced supersonic fighter jets (appx 11 ...

[Image courtesy Patrick Chovanec] To reduce drag and increase speed, the MiG-21 had a triangular-shaped delta wing, which earned it the Russian nickname “balalaika”, after the stringed folk ...

Both entered service in the late 1950s. The F-104 used straight wings, and the MiG-21 used a delta wing. While the two aircraft were in Vietnam for a short period in the 1960s, they didn’t face ...

The MiG-21 was one of the first Soviet fighters to incorporate a delta-wing configuration, which ultimately provided the high-speed performance that made the MiG-21 such a vital interceptor craft.

NEW DELHI (Tribune News Service) — A MiG-21 Bison of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Rajasthan on Friday evening, killing the pilot, Wing Commander Harshit Sinha. This is the fifth ...

The last European user of the Cold War-era Mikoyan MiG-21 – Croatia – has formally withdrawn the aged type from frontline use, as it continues to transition to the Dassault Aviation Rafale.

The delta wing design made it look similar to its contemporaries, like the American F-106 Delta Dart and A-4 Skyhawk or the French Dassault Mirage IV. The Soviets armed the MiG-21 with a single ...

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