The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.
- Role: Fighter
- National origin: Sovjet Union
- Manufacturer: Mikoyan-Gurevich OKB
- First flight: 14 February 1956 (Ye-2)
- Introduction: 1959 (MiG-21F)
- Status: In service
- Produced: 1959 (MiG-21F) to 1985 (MiG-21bis)
- Number built: 11,496, (10,645 produced in the USSR, 657 in India, 194 in Czechoslovakia)
- Variants: Chengdu J-7
Operators
- National Air Force of Angola
- Azerbaijani Air Forces
- Bulgarian Air Force
- Croatian Air Force
- Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force
- Egyptian Air Force
- Ethiopian Air Force
- Guinea Air Force
- Indian Air Force
- Lao People’s Liberation Army Air Force
- Libyan Air Force
- Mali Air Force
- Mozambique Air Force
- Korean People’s Air Force (North Korea)
- Romanian Air Force
- Serbian Air Force and Air Defence
- Sudanese Air Force
- Syrian Arab Air Force
- Tanzanian Air Force
- Ugandan Air Force
- Vietnam People’s Air Force
- Yemeni Air Force
- Zambian Air Force
Former operators
- Afghan Air Force
- Algerian Air Force
- Bangladeshi Air Force
- Belarusian Air Force
- Burkina Faso Air Force
- Royal Cambodian Air Force
- Chadian Air Force
- China
- Congolese Air Force
- Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Czech Air Force
- Air Forces of the National People’s Army (East Germany)
- Eritrean Air Force
- Finnish Air Force
- Luftwaffe
- Georgian Air Force
- Guinea-Bissau Air Force
- Hungarian Air Force
- Indonesian Air Force
- Iranian Air Force
- Iraqi Air Force
- Krygyzstan Air and Air Defence Force
- Mongolian Air Force
- Madagascar Air Force
- Namibian Air Force
- Nigerian Air Force
- Polish Air Force
- Polish Naval Aviation
- Russian Air Force
- Slovak Air Force
- Somali Air Force
- Soviet Air Force
- Soviet Air Defence Force
- Soviet Naval Aviation
- Turkmen Air Force
- United States – Retired from United States Air Force after evaluation flights and aggressor squadron duty
- Ukrainian Air Force
- Yugoslav Air Force
- Zaire
Civilian operators
According to the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), there are currently 44 privately owned MiG-21s in the U.S
Specifications (MiG-21-93)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 14.5 (with pitot) m (47 ft 6.86 in)
- Wingspan: 7.154 m (23 ft 5.66 in)
- Height: 4.125 m (13 ft 6.41 in)
- Wing area: 23.0 m2 (247.3 ft2)
- Gross weight: 8,825 kg (19,425 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Tumansky R25-300, 40.21 kN (9,040 lbf) thrust dry, 69.62 kN (15,650 lbf) with afterburner each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 2,175 km/h (1351.48 mph)
- Maximum speed: Mach 2.0
- Range: (internal fuel) 1,210 km (751 miles)
- Service ceiling: 17,800 m (58,400 ft)
- Rate of climb: 225 m/s (44,280 ft/min)
Armament
- 1x internal 23 mm GSh-23 cannon, plus
- 2x R-27R1 or R-27T or 4x Vympel R-77
or 4x R-60M or R-73E AAM or
- 2x 500 kg (1,102 lbs) bombs
