MINI HOBBY 1/144 plastic model kit Mig-21 with Y-Kraft Iraqi Air Force decals.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
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MiG-21
MiG-21 Lancer C cropped.jpg
Romanian MiG-21 Lancer-C in flight
Role Fighter and interceptor aircraft
National origin Soviet Union
Design group Mikoyan-Gurevich
First flight 16 June 1955 (Ye-4)[citation needed]
Introduction 1959 (MiG-21F)
Status In service
Primary users Soviet Air Forces (historical)
Indian Air Force
Croatian Air Force
Romanian Air Force
Produced 1959–1985
Number built 11,496[1]
(10,645 produced in the USSR, 840 in India, 194 in Czechoslovakia)
Variants Chengdu J-7
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. Its nicknames include: "balalaika", because its planform resembles the stringed musical instrument of the same name; "Ołówek", Polish for "pencil", due to the shape of its fuselage,[2] and "Én Bạc", meaning "silver swallow", in Vietnamese.
Approximately 60 countries in four continents have flown the MiG-21, and it still serves many nations six decades after its maiden flight. It made aviation records, became the most-produced supersonic jet aircraft in aviation history, the most-produced combat aircraft since the Korean War and previously the longest production run of a combat aircraft (now exceeded by both the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon).
MINI HOBBY 1/144 plastic model kit Mig-21 with Iraqi decals. This kit is new with all parts sealed in their poly bags. A very fun kit to build, paint, put decals on, and display.
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