Mig-21

North Korea wants its neighbors—and the United States—to fear it. That’s difficult to do when one sees how backward its military is.

To compensate for the considerable advantages the F-4 Phantoms had over MiG-21s, the North Vietnamese developed innovative hit-and-run tactics.

Summary: The MiG-21, developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich in 1955, stands as a testament to Cold War-era engineering and military strategy. Serving in over 50 countries, this supersonic fighter-interceptor was the most...

Summary: The MiG-21 “Fishbed” stands out as an enduring icon of military aviation, maintaining relevance since its inception in 1953. With over 11,000 units produced by the USSR, India, Czechoslovakia, and...

“Fishbed,” the official NATO codename for the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 fighter plane, may not sound terribly intimidating. Indeed, it may bring to mind a seafood platter – I’m getting hungry even...

Meet the MiG-21: The Soviet Union’s first truly advanced second-generation fighter jet continues to serve several countries nearly seven decades after it first flew the skies. Many airframes across the...

Here’s What to Remember: Indeed, the aerial battle in which the MiG-21 and F-16 were shot down involved, on both sides, mixed formations of old and new fighters. The Indian air...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: In response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, Islamabad and Washington collaborated to train, organize and arm mujahideen resistance fighters in Afghan refugee...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The combined numbers make the Fishbed by far the most produced supersonic aircraft in world history. Military aircraft can have notoriously short lifespans, especially during periods of technological...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The KPAAF has stagnated to the point of irreversible obsolescence, and there is no indication that North Korea’s leadership plans on doing anything about it....

Here’s What You Need To Remember: “The U.S. came into possession of some real Russian MiGs. We exploited them, found out how they worked and what all the engineering details were....

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Perhaps the most striking feature of the KPAAF is its immense size; North Korea’s air force totals around 1,650 units, over 800 of which are...