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MiG-21 Fishbed

MiG-21 displayed at NMUSAF

MiG-21 Fishbed

MiG-21 Bibliography:

John W.R. Taylor “Modern Soviet Aircraft No.8: The MiG-21 Mystery” Air Pictorial December 1962 p.384-385. Includes a 3-view profile.

1/48 scale Fishbed-D plans, with fuselage cross sections and markings detail. Aeromodeller October 1966

“Egypt: An Air Power in Transition” Air International April 1982. Includes a photo of a camouflaged Egytpian MiG-21PFS.

Photo: “No. 30 Squadron Indian Air Force Disbands” Air Forces Monthly February 2003 p.14. Camouflaged MiG-21FL.

The Encyclopedia of World Military Aircraft p.293: color photo of an Indian AF MiG-21FL of No.8 Squadron

Vietnam Service

The NVPAF began receiving MiG-21s in spring 1966, re-equipping the 921st Fighter Regiment. Despite facing larger American F-4 Phantoms, restrictive rules of engagement and close combat favored the agile MiG-21. Between 1966 and the end of Rolling Thunder, MiG-21s downed multiple USAF and Navy aircraft including F-4s, F-105s, and EB-66C. During Linebacker II, MiG-21s engaged B-52 raids over Hanoi and Haiphong, though USAF did not confirm bomber losses to air combat.

Bibliography

  • “Details of Iraqi MiG-21C Shown.” Aviation Week & Space Technology, Sept. 5, 1966, p.31.
  • Hall, Alan W. “Making a Mongol.” Airfix Magazine, Jan. 1971.
  • Lambert, Mike. “Flying the Fishbed.” Flight International, Sept. 25, 1975, p.443+.
  • Paolini, Franco. “Abbiamo Construito: MiG-21, Part 1.” Aerei Modellismo, May 1983.
  • “MiG-21 Scale Drawings.” Modelism, 2-1985.
  • “Color Profiles of MiG-21M/MFs.” Air International, Dec. 1986, p.316.
  • “Luftwaffe MiG-21SPS 22+02.” Scale Aviation Modeller, Nov. 1997.
  • “Former East German MiG-21SPs at Toulouse.” FlyPast, Sept. 1998, p.10.
  • “Finland MiG Preserved.” FlyPast, Jan. 1999, p.16.
  • “Last Bulgarian Fishbed Overhauled.” Air Forces Monthly, Oct. 2002, p.6.
  • “Luftwaffe MiG-21PS 22+02.” Scale Aviation Modeller, Dec. 2003.
  • “Revell MiG-21F-13 Kit Review.” Skymodel, Jan. 2006, pp.64–65.
  • Cassi, Gianni. “Perekhvatchik Fosirovanny.” Skymodel, Dec. 2007.
  • Lorusso, Girolama. “The Indian Tiger: MiG-21PL.” Skymodel, Jan. 2010.
  • Cassi, Gianni. “MiG-21R Fishbed-H.” Skymodel, Jan. 2010.
  • Racz, Robert. “Close Up: MiG-21UM Hungarian AF.” Skymodel, Jan. 2010.
  • Evans, Steve A. “Twenty-One.” Model Airplane International, Jan. 2012.
  • de Ridder, Dirk Jan. “Europe’s Final Fishbeds.” Combat Aircraft Monthly, Sept. 2013.
  • “Tiger Tailed MiG.” Model Aircraft, May 2016.
  • “Real to Replica: MiG-21 in Detail.” Model Aircraft, Nov. 2016.
  • Winchester, Jim. Military Aircraft Visual Encyclopedia, pp.278–279.
  • Bonds, Ray. Classic Fighters – The Inside Story, p.169.
  • Gunston, Bill. Encyclopedia of World Airpower. Aerospace Publishing, 1980, pp.262–265.
  • Stapfer, Hand-Heiri. Red Ladies in Waiting. Squadron/Signal Publications, pp.32–33.
  • Patton, W. Wayne. Aces 3. Squadron/Signal Publications, 2004, p.31.