Compared to contemporaries like the American F-4 Phantom II, the MiG-21 was less complex and far cheaper to produce—but could ...

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

Yet American pilots reported a relatively high kill ratio when faced with the MiG-21—though it must be noted that these figures are hotly debated, even decades after the Vietnam War ended.

Codenamed Fishbed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the MiG-21 gained fame during the Vietnam War, when it was used by the North Vietnamese to intercept American bombers. Although heavily ...

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union operated ... Exported worldwide, the MiG-21 (NATO nickname: “Fishbed”) flew from East Germany to Vietnam. A thorough, hands-on analysis of the jet was ...

Red Crown, the USN radar ship warned them of an approaching MiG from the north ... a classic trap often used by MiGs earlier in the Vietnam War. With their older Phantoms lacking look-down ...

To get a sense of how viciously the Vietnam War was fought and – more ... In 1966 the Vietnamese Air Force started receiving the latest MiG-21 interceptor. On July 7, two MiG-21s shot down ...

By the time the Vietnam War rolled around ... Though outclassed in short order by the MiG-21, the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact member states nonetheless built around 10,000 MiG-19s, and ...