Mig 21 art. Russian aviation

However, the increase in fighter speed soon led to the fact that the shells aircraft guns there was no longer enough speed to catch up with retreating targets. In addition, to stabilize the same projectiles flying from the barrels of aircraft guns flying at transonic speed, the rotation obtained when the projectile passed through the rifling was no longer enough. Therefore, already during the Korean War, both Us and Them began the development of second-generation fighters, the main armament of which was to be guided missiles. Such aircraft were supposed to reach speeds twice the speed of sound. They were supposed to be equipped with standard radars.

In the mid-50s, in the United States, Lockheed created the second generation fighter F-104 “Starfighter”, and in France, Dassault launched the Mirage III fighter into series.

However, Soviet aircraft designers did not lag behind their Western competitors and in 1953, the A.I. Mikoyan Design Bureau began work on creating a light front-line interceptor fighter capable of fighting both high-altitude supersonic bombers and enemy tactical fighters. On February 14, 1955, the experimental aircraft of the A.I. Mikoyan Design Bureau E-2, which had a swept wing with a slat, made its first flight. During flight tests, this aircraft reached a speed of 1920 km/h, and on July 16, 1956, another experienced fighter, the E-4, equipped with a delta wing, took off. During comparative tests of several prototype aircraft with swept and delta wings, preference was given to the E-4. On the basis of the latter, an experienced E-6 fighter was created, which took off on November 22, 1958. It was decided to launch it into series, and soon it was put into service under the designation MiG-21F.

Experienced E-2 fighter.

Experienced E-4 fighter.

Experienced fighter E-6/1.

The MiG-21 aircraft is designed according to a normal aerodynamic design with a triangular low-lying wing and swept tail. The main structural material is aluminum alloys, the main type of connection is riveting. The fuselage is a semi-monocoque with a longitudinal set of four spars. In the forward part of the fuselage there is an adjustable air intake with a central cone in which the radar was mounted. True, on early modifications of aircraft it was replaced by a radio rangefinder.

The air intake was divided into two channels, going around the cabin and then merging again into a common channel. On the sides of the fuselage, in its nose, there are anti-surge doors. In the upper part of the fuselage, in front of the cabin, there is an avionics compartment, under which there is a niche for the front landing gear. Another equipment compartment is located under the cabin floor. In the rear part of the fuselage there is a container for the PT-21UK braking parachute with an area of 16 sq.m., which, however, was absent in early modifications. The cabin is sealed, ventilated. Sealing is achieved by covering its surface with a special synthetic composition. Air for the cabin is taken from the compressor, and the temperature of the supplied air and the pressure in the cabin are adjusted automatically.

The canopy on early modifications of aircraft consists of a folding part, a pressurized partition, a transparent screen and side shields. Opening is carried out by lifting up using hydraulic cylinders. The main glazing is made of bullet-resistant plexiglass ST-1 (10 mm). The front flat glass is triplex (14 mm), assembled in a rigid steel frame. An armored screen (three-layer triplex 62 mm thick) was installed directly in front of the glass of the moving part, which protected the pilot from bullets and shrapnel from the front.

The first production modification of the aircraft was called MiG-21F. This letter meant that the aircraft was a front-line fighter. The aircraft were equipped with a R-11F-300 TRDF (1×3880/5740 kgf), an ASP-SDN optical sight and an SRD-5 radio range finder. Six internal fuel tanks contained 2160 liters of fuel. The armament consisted of two 30-mm cannons with 180 rounds of ammunition and a NAR in two underwing UB-16-57U units (each containing 16 S-5M or S-5K NARs with a caliber of 57 mm). To destroy ground targets, the fighter could be equipped with two S-24 (240 mm) missiles or two 50-500 caliber bombs. The maximum operational load was 7g.
In 1959, the first MiG-21Fs arrived at the Center for Combat Use and Retraining of Flight Personnel in Voronezh, where the aircraft received the nickname “Balalaika” for its characteristic planform.

MiG-21F fighter.

In 1960, production began of a more advanced modification, the MiG-21F-13 (product 74), the armament of which was supplemented with R-3S guided missiles. The impetus for the creation of this modification was the following event: on September 28, 1958, at the height of the Second Taiwan Crisis, a flight of Taiwanese Sabers fired several AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles at Chinese MiG-17s. One of the missiles hit the MiG, but did not explode. Another AIM-9’s self-liquidator did not work and it fell into the mud of a rice field. Our then allied China transferred these missiles to our side. The R-3S, designed at OKB-134 under the leadership of I.I. Toropov, repeated the design and main dimensions of the Sidewinder, differing in the increased mass of the warhead, as well as the design of the engine with powder charge from nitroglycerin fuel. First launches new rocket passed already in March 1959 with the modified MiG-19PT, and already in February 1960 it was put into mass production at several factories at once.

MiG-21F-13 fighter.

The cannon armament was reduced - only one cannon with 30 rounds of ammunition was retained. The aircraft was equipped with an improved ASP-5ND optical sight and an SRD-5M Kvant radio range finder. For reference aerial reconnaissance the fighter could be equipped with an AFA-39 camera.

In 1961, a prototype E-66A aircraft was created, equipped with a R-11F2-300 turbofan engine with increased afterburning thrust (1 x 6120 kgf), as well as an auxiliary U-21 rocket engine (1 x 3000 kgf), located in a container under the fuselage, however this work was not further developed, mainly due to the complexity of operating a liquid-propellant rocket engine on a combat fighter. The MiG-21F and MiG-21F-13 aircraft were capable of fighting only during daylight hours with good weather conditions. To achieve all-weather characteristics, it was necessary to equip the fighter with an on-board radar capable of detecting and tracking air targets. Work on such a machine, designated E-7 (MiG-21P), began almost simultaneously with the development of a “clear-weather” modification of the fighter. In 1958, the MiG-21P aircraft made its first flight. In addition to the installation of the TsD-30T radio sight (also used on the Su-9 interceptor) and the Lazur command guidance equipment, which allows the aircraft to interact with the Vozdukh-1 automated control system for fighter aircraft, new fighter had a chassis with wheels of increased diameter KT-50/2 (800x200 mm). The aircraft was the first modification of the MiG-21, equipped with the KAP-1 autopilot. The maximum operational overload was increased to 7.8. The production version of the MiG-21P received the designation MiG-21PF (product 76). It was equipped with a R-11F2-300 turbofan engine, an RP-21 Sapphire radio sight and red dot sight PKI-1.

MiG-21PF fighter in flight.

The aircraft was produced in 1962-1964 in Gorky and in 1964-1968 in Moscow. It set four world speed records for women. A distinctive feature of this vehicle was the absence of cannon armament (the fashionable opinion temporarily prevailed that air combat could be fought with missiles alone). A modification of the aircraft with an increased capacity of fuel tanks (due to the installation of a more capacious overhead tank) and weapons supplemented by the R-2L missile guided missile, received the designation MiG-21FL (product 77) and was produced in 1965-1968 at the Znamya Truda MMZ, mainly for export supplies.

In 1966, a batch of these aircraft in disassembled form was delivered to India, where it was assembled at HAL. The increase in the take-off weight of the fighter due to the use of more powerful weapons and avionics, as well as the requirements of the military, who needed aircraft capable of operating from unpaved airfields, led to the installation of a boundary layer blow-off system (BLB) from the flap on the MiG-21 aircraft. A serial fighter with such a system, the MiG-21PFM (E-7SPS, product 94), made its first flight in 1964. In addition to improved takeoff and landing characteristics, it had a keel of increased area (5.32 sq.m.), a R-11F2S-300 turbofan engine, an ejection seat of the conventional KM-1 type, which replaced the SK catapult, which showed insufficient reliability during operation, fuel tanks slightly smaller capacity and mounting points for starting powder accelerators SPRD-99 (2×2500 kgf), ensuring non-airfield take-off.

MiG-21PFM fighters parked.

The aircraft was equipped with an improved RP-21M radio sight (capable of operating not only against air targets, but also targeting X-66 air-to-ground missiles along the radar beam), as well as optical sight PKI (ASP-PF-21) and the Chromium-Nickel radar identification system. The armament of the MiG-21PFM multirole fighter included two air-to-air missiles with an RS-2US (K-51) radio guidance system, a missile with the K-13 TGS or Kh-66 air-to-ground missiles. Based on the experience of combat use of fighter aircraft in Vietnam, cannon armament was re-installed on the MiG-21PFM aircraft - a double-barreled GSh-23 (23 mm) cannon was placed in the GP-9 container on the ventral suspension unit. Electronic warfare equipment was strengthened by installing a more advanced Sirena-3M radar detection system. The MiG-21PFM fighter was mass-produced in 1964-1965 in Gorky and in 1966-1968 in Moscow at the Znamya Truda plant.

The next modification of the “twenty-first” was the MiG-21S fighter (E-7S, product 95), which has four underwing hardpoints and improved missile weapons (RS-2US missiles were replaced by R-3R missiles with a semi-active radar guidance system). The aircraft was equipped with an RP-22S radio sight, a PKI collimator sight, a Lazur-M command guidance system and an improved AP-155 autopilot, providing control in three axes. The fighter was produced in 1965-1968 in Gorky. The MiG-21SM aircraft, which has improved maneuverability characteristics, was equipped with an improved R-13-300 engine (1x4070/6490 kgf), a built-in GSh-23L cannon (ammunition - 200 rounds), and an S-21 radio sight ("Sapphire-21 ") and an ASP-PFD optical sight.

MiG-21S fighters parked.

The UB-32 NAR units (each with 32 missiles of 57 mm caliber) were intended mainly for firing at ground targets. The capacity of the fighter's internal fuel tanks was 2650 liters. The aircraft was produced in 1968-1974 in Gorky. The export version of the MiG-21SM fighter - MiG-21M, was equipped with a less advanced R-11F2S-300 engine, an RP-21MA radio sight (a modification of the RP-21M sight) and an ASP-PFD optical sight. The missile armament included four missile launchers, but instead of the R-3R missile, the older RS-2US were suspended under the aircraft. The maximum mass of the combat load on the external hardpoints could reach 1300 kilograms. The aircraft was built serially at the Znamya Truda MMZ, as well as under license in India in 1973-1981 (the first Indian MiG was transferred to the Air Force of this country on 02/14/1974).

MiG-21MF fighter at an air exhibition.

On the MiG-21MT aircraft (product 96MT), the capacity of the overhead fuel tank was significantly increased, due to which the total volume of fuel in the internal tanks reached 3250 liters, and the practical range (without PTB) increased by 250 km compared to the MiG-21MF aircraft. The fighter was built in 1971 at the Znamya Truda MMZ.

MiG-21bis fighter.

Armament for operations against air targets included up to six R-55 missiles (a development of the K-5 missile) and R-60M with TKS, as well as K-13 with radar guidance. The new aircraft could accelerate from 600 to 1,100 km/h in 18 seconds (the MiG-21PF required 27.5 seconds for this). The maximum rate of climb reached 225 m/s, the flight duration at low altitude at a speed of 1000 km/h was 36 minutes (on early modification aircraft it was 28 minutes. Based on the results of computer modeling, it was found that the MiG-21bis aircraft can “equally” fly maneuverable combat with the American F-16A fighter at close ranges in simple weather conditions. In difficult weather conditions, the MiG-21bis even gained some advantage over the American aircraft due to the use of missiles with a semi-active radar guidance system. In addition, the MiG-21bis was superior to the F-16A. By maximum speed and practical ceiling, inferior in flight range and characteristics of avionics.

The Chinese modification of the MiG-21 fighter, called J-7 in China, is still in service with the Air Force of the Middle Kingdom. China ordered the first batch of 21s from us back in 1961 and by the end of the year 11 copies were delivered to them. In May 1963, aircraft began to be used in training pilots at the 11th Flight School.

Chinese Air Force J-7 fighter.

Soon China received the right to licensed production of MiG-21 fighters, designated J-7. Their production was carried out quite at a fast pace and by 1967, two air regiments of the 3rd Aviation Division were equipped with these fighters. And although China is already planning to remove these aircraft from service, they will serve in the interior of the country for another ten years.

Modifications of the MiG-21 fighter:

- MiG-21 - created on the basis of the experimental E-6 aircraft with a delta wing in 1958.

— MiG-21F is a serial basic model with a TRDF R-11F-300 engine, an ASP-SDN optical sight and an SRD-5 radio rangefinder. The armament consisted of two HP-30 cannons (ammunition - 60 shells) and a NAR in two underwing units (16 S-5M or S-5K NARs of 57 mm caliber each). To destroy ground targets, the fighter could be equipped with two ARS-240 NARs or two 50-500 kg bombs. Produced in 1959-1960 at the Gorky Aviation Plant.

— MiG-21F-13 is a more advanced modification of the MiG-21F. The armament is supplemented by guided missiles with the K-13 TGS, the creation of which was made using American captured Sidewinder missiles. The ASP-5ND optical sight and SRD-5ND radio range finder have been improved. It was produced in 1960-1962 at the Gorky Aviation Plant and in 1962-1965 at the Znamya Truda MMZ, and was widely exported.

- MiG-21PF - all-weather fighter-interceptors have better acceleration characteristics and rate of climb compared to aircraft of previous series. A further development of the MiG-21 fighter, unlike earlier modifications, the aircraft are equipped with a radio sight.

— MiG-21PFM is a serial fighter with improved takeoff and landing characteristics due to the use of a boundary layer blowing system (BLS) from the flap and SPRD-99 starting powder accelerators (2x2500 kgf), providing “non-aerodrome” takeoff. The aircraft was equipped with an improved RP-21 M radio sight, capable of targeting X-66 air-to-ground missiles along the radar beam and operating against air targets. The chromium-nickel radar identification system was used for the first time. Cannon armament was newly installed: in the GP-9 container on the ventral suspension unit there was a double-barreled GSh-23 cannon, as well as two air-to-air missiles with a radio guidance system RS-2US (K-5) or missiles with TGS K- 13. The Sirena-3M radar detection system was installed on board. It was produced in 1964-1965 in Gorky and in 1966-1968 in Moscow. The MiG-21PFM, MiG-21S and all MiG-21 fighters of subsequent modifications have built-in GSh-23L cannons (23 mm).

— MiG-21FL is a modification of the aircraft with an increased capacity of fuel tanks and weapons, supplemented by the R-2L missile guided missile. It was produced in 1965-1968 at the Znamya Truda MMZ, mainly for export. In 1966, a batch of disassembled aircraft was delivered to India for assembly at HAL.

- MiG-21S - has an improved R-3R missile system with a semi-active radar guidance system, four underwing hardpoints. The aircraft is equipped with an RP-22S radio sight, a PKI collimator sight, a Lazur-M command guidance system and an improved AP-155 autopilot, which provides control in three axes. The aircraft was produced in 1965-1968 in Gorky.

— MiG-21M is an export version of the MiG-21S. Factory flight tests of the MiG-21M began in 1968 and in the same year Plant No. 30 built the first nine aircraft, and the following year Bulgaria, East Germany, Egypt, Poland, Syria, Romania, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia received 195 aircraft. Of these, Egypt accounted for the largest share - 61 fighters. The MiG-21M was built in 1968-1971 at the Znamya Truda MMZ, as well as in India by HAL under a Soviet license (since 1971).

— MiG-21SM — has improved maneuverability characteristics. This modification of the aircraft is equipped with an improved R-13-300 engine, a built-in GSh-23L cannon (ammunition capacity - 200 rounds), an S-21 Sapphire-2 1 radio sight and an ASP-PFD optical sight. Armament: radar-guided missiles K-13R (R-ZR) and guided missiles with TGS K-13T (R-3S). For firing at ground targets, UB-32 NAR units (32 missiles, 57 mm caliber) were used. The aircraft was produced in 1968-1974 in Gorky.

— MiG-21MF is an improved version of the MiG-21 SM fighter. The armament is supplemented with R-60 close-in missiles (up to 6 units), capable of hitting maneuvering aircraft at close ranges. The MiG-21MF was built in 1975 in Gorky and in 1970-1974 at the Znamya Truda MMZ. The export version was built under license in India in 1973-1981.

— The MiG-21bis is an air superiority fighter, compared to the MiG-21 aircraft of previous modifications, it has better maneuverability and acceleration characteristics, and a higher rate of climb. The aircraft's maneuverability approaches the corresponding characteristics of foreign fourth-generation fighters (F-15, F-16, Mirage 2000). The fighter was created in 1971 and was mass-produced in Gorky in 1972-1974 (2030 aircraft were produced), supplied to the USSR Air Force and a number of foreign countries (there was an export version of the aircraft), and used by Syrian aviation in combat operations in Lebanon in 1979-1983. Compared to the MiG-21 fighters of previous modifications, the MiG-21bis has a modernized wing, additional fuel tanks, a new engine, improved on-board equipment, and a significantly increased range of on-board weapons. The EPR of the aircraft is close to the EPR of the F-16 fighter. The aircraft equipment includes:
— S-21 radio sight;
— optical sight ASP-PFD;
— flight and navigation complex (PNK) “Polet-OI” (includes the automatic control system SVU-23ESN;
— short-range navigation and landing system RSBSN-5S and antenna-feeder system “Pion-N”);
— noise-resistant communication line “Lazur”, which ensures interaction with the ground-based automated control system “Vozdukh-1?”;
— ejection seat KM-1 or KM-1M, air pressure receiver PVD-18.
It is in service with the Air Forces of the CIS countries and many other countries. Serial production has been discontinued. Work is underway to create a modernized version of the MiG-21-93, into which previously produced MiG-21bis fighters can be converted (the program is aimed at countries that have a significant number of MiG-21bis aircraft that require modernization).
Armament: up to 6 missiles R-55 and R-60M with TKS, as well as K-13 with radar guidance. Created in 1971.

— MiG-21I (A-144) “Analog” — in 1964, on the basis of the MiG-21S, the development of an analogue aircraft was carried out, the aerodynamic configuration of the wing repeating the shape of the lifting surface of the supersonic passenger airliner Tu-144. The aircraft was intended to study the takeoff and landing characteristics of a tailless aircraft.

— The MiG-21R is a specialized reconnaissance modification of the aircraft with replaceable containers equipped with AFA, television and other means of conducting aerial reconnaissance. Autopilots KAP-1, KAP-2 and AP-155 were installed on various series of reconnaissance aircraft. Aircraft of this type were produced in 1965-1971 in Gorky.

- MiG-21U, MiG-21US, MiG-21UM - two-seat training versions of the fighter. They were serially built at the aircraft plant in Tbilisi in 1962-1971 and in Moscow in 1964-1968.

In total, more than 45 serial and experimental modifications of the MiG-21 aircraft were created. 10,158 MiG-21s were built in the USSR, a large number of in China, 194 in Czechoslovakia.

The MiG-21 became a milestone aircraft not only because it had outstanding performance characteristics for its time; The design of the aircraft - airframe, power plant, emergency rescue system and weapons - included many innovative technical solutions.

The wing is triangular in plan, made from symmetrical TsAGI profiles with a relative thickness of 5% and consists of two single-spar consoles with front and rear stringer walls. Each console houses two fuel tanks (in the bow and middle parts), a set of ribs and stringers that reinforce the skin. The wing has ailerons with total area 0.88 m2, and to improve takeoff and landing characteristics - flaps with a sliding axis of rotation with a total area of 1.87 m2. Aerodynamic baffles (ridges) with a height of 7% of the local wing chord improved longitudinal stability at high angles of attack. In addition to the fuel compartments, oxygen cylinders were located in the root parts of the wing. Landing lights and weapon suspension units are also mounted on the consoles. The consoles are attached to the fuselage at five points.

Horizontal tail with a sweep of 550 and a moving area of 3.94 m 2 made from symmetrical A6A profiles with a relative thickness of 6%. Each half of the stabilizer is attached to a circular steel beam. The stabilizer beams rotate in angular contact bearings mounted on frame No. 35A, and needle bearings mounted on frame No. 36 on both sides of the fuselage.

Fuselage structure of MiG-21 F-13

Main landing gear niche

Overhead fuel tank

Construction of the tail section of the MiG-21F-13 aircraft

The vertical tail with a sweep of 60°, consisting of a keel and rudder, is made from S-11s profiles with a relative thickness of 6%.

The fuselage is semi-monocoque. For installation, removal and inspection of the engine during routine maintenance, there is a connector dividing the fuselage into nose and tail sections. The fuselage has two front brake flaps with a deflection angle of 25° and one rear brake flap (deflection angle of 40°). In the rear part of the fuselage there is a niche for a brake parachute, released when the main wheels touch the ground.

The landing gear is tricycle with a nose wheel. The front strut with a KT-38 wheel with a tire size of 500x180 mm is retracted against the flow into the forward niche of the fuselage. The main supports with KT-82M wheels with tire size 660x200 mm are retracted into the wing (strut with shock absorber and hydraulic cylinder) and fuselage (wheels).

The R11F-300 turbojet engine is a two-shaft engine with an axial six-stage compressor, a tubular combustion chamber and an afterburner. The engine, no matter how trivial it may sound, is the “heart” of the aircraft, and the achievement of the design characteristics largely depends on the coordinated operation of the entire power plant. The R11F-300, initially capricious in operation and with a low service life, was considered a mature engine by the time the MiG-21 F appeared, which became the basis for its production. But achieving the desired thrust and specific fuel and resource consumption is only a necessary, but not a sufficient condition for the aircraft to be accepted into service (or supply) of the Air Force. It is also necessary that the engine operates stably in all operating modes and does not “cut off” when firing guns or launching missiles. And here a lot depends on the right choice parameters and layout of the air intake device, the presence of anti-surge flaps and engine recharge.

The tail section of the MiG-21 F aircraft

Anti-surge automatic doors were located on both sides of the fuselage between the 2nd and 3rd frames, and between the 9th and 10th frames there were engine feed doors that opened on the ground and during takeoff.

Fuel with a total volume of 2300 liters was placed in four wing, fuselage and ventral 800-liter tanks. Kerosene T-1, TS-1 and T-2 was used as fuel.

The emergency escape system "SK", developed at OKB-155, was perhaps the most original on the plane. technical solution. Great hopes were placed on it, but subsequent operation revealed low reliability and the impossibility of rescuing the pilot during ejection from the ground. “SK” consisted of a folding part of the canopy, which rose up and forward when the cabin was opened, and an ejection seat.

The cockpit canopy is a rather complex design. I will only note its main distinctive elements. The front glass is made of silicate glass with a thickness of 14.5 mm, and the main glass is heat-resistant organic glass with a thickness of 10 mm. Directly under the windshield there was a fixed screen - armored glass made of 62-mm triplex. The screen was supposed to protect the pilot from direct hits from shells and shrapnel; in addition, during ejection, the canopy rollers rolled across the screen, and in the event of an emergency release of the canopy, it protected the pilot from the oncoming air flow.

On the frame of the rear arc of the folding part of the lantern there was a cover made of magnesium alloy. When ejecting with the protection of a lantern, the hatch cover was knocked out by the pyro-mechanism of the seat's stabilizing parachute. The front part of the canopy was separated from the tail sealed part by a partition, in the sides of which there were small windows for viewing the rear hemisphere. The canopy was equipped with a liquid anti-icing system that washed the windshield. A five-liter tank of alcohol, used for these purposes, was located in the forward fuselage spinner.

Nose landing gear

Main landing gear

Main landing gear design

In addition to the standard set of flight-navigation and engine control instruments and various instrument systems, the equipment included a command VHF radio station RSIU-5, a marker radio receiver

MRP-56I, ARK-54I radio compass and KAP-1 roll autopilot.

The aircraft was equipped with an ASP-5N-VU1 optical sight, coupled with a VRD-1 computer and an SRD-5 “Kvant” radio range finder, which was located under the radio-transparent fairing of the central body of the engine air intake.

The aircraft's armament included a 30 mm caliber HP-30 cannon, as well as missile and bomb weapons suspended on BDZ-58-21 beam holders. K-13 missiles were placed on launchers APU-28. In addition, the suspension of up to 32 ARS-57M, two ARS-212 or ARS-240 and bombs was allowed.

The pilot’s equipment included a VKK-ZM altitude-compensating suit with a GSh-4M pressure helmet and a set of KKO-3 oxygen equipment.

Production of MiG-21 aircraft until 1962

* According to the MAP archive, but according to information received from plant No. 21 - 73 aircraft

Main characteristics of the MiG-21 aircraft family

Main characteristics of MiG-21 training aircraft

Despite the fact that less than a year passed from the government decree to the start of flight testing of the first prototype of the future MiG-21, its development took five years. Only in 1960, the customer received the first production MiG-21F fighters. Then no one could have imagined that the aircraft would very quickly receive well-deserved recognition from military pilots in almost all corners of the planet.

The MiG-21 was widely discussed in the mid-1960s, when it began to successfully fight Phantoms and Stratofortresses in the skies of Vietnam and became a kind of standard of maneuverability and survivability. Its “rivals” - the American F-104 and the French Mirage III - are long gone, but the updated MiG-21 will continue to serve in combat for a long time, not inferior to fourth-generation fighters.

MiG-21 F-13 Indonesian Air Force

Former Iraqi MiG-21 F-13, tested in Israel

MiG-2F-13 USSR Air Force

MiG-21 UM USSR Air Force. On the plane there is a sign "Excellent plane"

MiG-21 UM USSR Air Force

MiG-21F Egyptian Air Force

MiG-21 F-13 tested in the USA

MiG-21 F-13 of the Yugoslav Air Force

MiG-21U Finnish Air Force

MiG-21 UM of the Hungarian Air Force

In terms of the number of serial modifications, the MiG-21 is among the world record holders. Conventionally, all options can be divided into several generations.

Prototypes E-2, E-50 and E-2A

The E-2, the first of the swept-wing prototypes, first flew on February 14, 1955. The E-50 prototype was a development of the E-2 prototype; a total of three experimental E-50 aircraft were built in 1955-1957. The E-50 was additionally equipped with a S-155 liquid propellant engine designed by Dushkin, above the main AM-9E engine. The E-50/1 prototype made its first flight on January 9, 1956. With the advent of the more powerful AM-11 engine, the need for an additional liquid propellant engine disappeared, and work on the E-50 topic was stopped. The E-2 prototype flew only part of the factory test program. The program was completed on the E-2A prototype with an AM-11 engine and an extended nozzle.

Prototypes E-4 and E-5

The design of the E-4 was based on the glider of the E-2 aircraft, but with a delta wing with a leading edge sweep of 57°. The E-4 performed its first flight on June 16, 1955 in Zhukovsky. The E-4 was followed by the E-5 with the AM-11 engine.

The E-5 first took off on January 9, 1956, but on February 20 the plane was disabled as a result of a fire. Flights resumed on March 26 after repairs. Tests have shown that the E-5 prototype is 700 km/h faster than the E-4 prototype.

E-6 (pre-production aircraft)

The E-5 prototype was recommended for adoption by the USSR Air Force. Three pre-production aircraft were designated E-6. They were equipped with improved AM-11 engines, designated R-11F-300, with a thrust of 3880 kgf (at afterburner 5740 kgf).

MiG-21 F (“product 72”)

In 1959-1960, a small series of MiG-21s was built by Gorky Plant No. 21 under the designation MiG-21F. The armament consisted of two 30-mm NR-30 cannons with 60 rounds of ammunition per barrel. Underwing pylons were not mounted.

MiG-21 F-13 (“product 74”)

The first mass modification of the MiG-21. MiG-21F-13 of early construction were almost no different in appearance from the MiG-21F. As serial production and operation progressed, the fighters were constantly improved.

MiG-21 F-1 2

A special export version of the MiG-21F-13 fighter, intended for Finland.

E-66A At the beginning of 1961, the Mikoyan Design Bureau supplied the first prototype of the MiG-21F-13 (E-6T/1) with a new R-11F2-300 engine, supplemented by an SZ-20M5A liquid propellant engine mounted under the fuselage. After modification, the aircraft received the designation E-66A.

MiG-21 F-13 (Czech)

Czechoslovakia became the only country Warsaw Pact, which produced MiG-21F-13 fighters under license. On the planes there was no transparent fixed part of the cockpit canopy - the entire canopy was covered with metal.

MiG-21 F-13 (Chinese)

The first MiG-21F-13, designated J-7, took off on January 17, 1967. Serial production of fighters began in June 1967 at three factories at once: in Shenyang, Chengdu and Zhuizhou.

MiG-21 P

The first aircraft of this modification was the experimental E-7/1, which combined the aerodynamics of the E-6T prototype and the R-11F-300 engine from the MiG-21F-13. By June 1960, a small installation series of these interceptors was manufactured.

MiG-21 PSh

The aircraft was equipped with a R-11F2-300 turbojet engine. Armament - two K-13 missiles with infrared homing heads or two R-5 missiles with radar guidance. Instead of air-to-air missiles, bombs and unguided air-to-surface missiles could be suspended from the pylons. On early MiG-21PFs, a container with a braking parachute was placed on the lower surface of the fuselage, on later ones - at the base of the fin. Also, later MiG-21PFs had fins with an increased chord.

MiG-21 PShV

The MiG-21PFV modification was a variant of the MiG-21PF interceptor, designed specifically for operation in hot and humid climates Southeast Asia.

MiG-21 SOL

The MiG-21FL modification was developed specifically to meet the requirements of the Indian Air Force. These aircraft were built under license by Hindustan Aircraft Ltd.

MiG-21 PFM

The interceptor was a further development of the MiG-21PF. Built-in small arms The MiG-21PFM did not have them, but under the fuselage it was possible to mount a GP-9 cannon container weighing 290 kg with a double-barreled 23-mm GSh-23L cannon. Such aircraft were designated MiG-21PFM-K. The container was suspended in place of the central ventral pylon.

E-8 (MiG-23)

In 1961, work began on the design of a more effective interceptor based on the MiG-21 - E-8. The reinforced MiG-21PF airframe was taken as the basis. Only two prototypes were produced, E-8/1 and E-8/2, which received the “public” designation. The E-8 was equipped with a front horizontal tail and improved R-11F (R-21F) engines. The first flight of the first prototype took place on April 17, 1962, the second prototype took place on July 29, 1962. The loss of the first prototype and engine problems on the E-8/2 led to the closure of the topic.

MiG-21 PD

An experimental version of the aircraft with short takeoff and landing. In the design bureau this variant was designated E-7PD. The aircraft was a regular MiG-21PFM, which was equipped with two RD-Zb-55 engines. The first flight of the E-8PD took place on June 16, 1966. Flight tests continued until the end of 1967.

MiG-21 R

The aircraft was significantly different in appearance from the early MiG-21s. A fuel tank with a capacity of 340 liters was placed in the gargrot, and the total fuel supply was increased to 2800 liters. The MiG-21R reconnaissance aircraft were equipped with reconnaissance containers that were suspended under the fuselage, and containers with electronic warfare equipment on the wingtips. Without suspended containers, the MiG-21R was used as a conventional interceptor fighter.

MiG-21S

The MiG-21S became the first fighter in the third generation of the MiG-21. The aircraft was developed on the basis of the MiG-21R reconnaissance aircraft. The MiG-21S was not designed to carry reconnaissance containers or containers with electronic warfare equipment.

MiG-21 SM

Further development of the MiG-21S with a more powerful R-13-300 turbojet engine and a GSh-23L cannon semi-recessed into the fuselage with an ammunition load of 200 rounds.

MiG-21 M

The variant was an export modification of the MiG-21SM. Unlike the SM, the M had a less powerful R-11F2S-300 turbojet engine and a less advanced radio sight. Licensed production The MiG-21M was produced at the HAL plant in Nasik, India.

The MiG-21MF was made on the basis of the export MiG-21M to satisfy foreign customers who demanded improved performance of the aircraft.

MiG-21 MT

A special version of the MiG-21M with an increased capacity of internal fuel tanks due to an increase in the volume of the gargrot. The fuel supply in the internal tanks was increased to 3250 liters. Only 15 MiG-21MT aircraft were produced, five of which entered service with the Soviet Air Force.

MiG-21 SMT

The MiG-21SMT fighter had the capacity of internal tanks, like the MT, but the tanks were located differently - in a large gargrot, the increase of which had a negative impact on the maneuverability and controllability of the aircraft.

The aircraft was built to test the ogival wing shape, which was developed for the Tu-144. MiG-21I modified two MiG-21S aircraft. According to the documentation of the Mikoyan Design Bureau, they were classified as “Analog”. The MiG-21I performed its first flight on April 18, 1968. The first MiG-21I was lost in a plane crash. The second aircraft flew for several years on various test programs.

MiG-21 bis

The aircraft was designed on the basis of the MiG-21MF airframe, but its design was changed: steel structures were partially replaced with titanium ones, the cockpit instrumentation was completely updated, and an improved radio sight and instrumental landing system equipment were installed. The aircraft was equipped with an R-25-300 turbojet engine with an improved afterburner system.

MiG-21bis of the Hungarian Air Force, 2000.

MiG-21 bis-self-propelled guns

The MiG-21bis-self-propelled gun was a further development of the MiG-21bis. The aircraft is equipped with avionics similar to those used on the .

MiG-21-93

The aircraft was developed at RSK MiG in the mid-1990s. The avionics and cockpit instrumentation were completely replaced, and a weapons control system based on the multifunctional Kopye radar was installed. The range of suspended weapons additionally includes modern medium-range air-to-air missiles RVV-AE, R-27R, R-27T, UR short range R-73 and adjustable aerial bombs KAB-500KR. The MiG-21-93 prototype made its first flight in the fall of 1998.

MiG-21 Sh-13 Cuban Air Force

MiG-21 "Lancer"

Romania became the first country to modernize the entire MiG-21 fleet. The main contractor was the Romanian company Aerostar, but all design work for the modernization was carried out by the Israeli company Elbit. 75 aircraft were upgraded into fighter-bombers, 25 into aircraft optimized for combat air combat. The Lancer A prototype made its first flight on August 22, 1995. The modernization was carried out without coordination with the Mikoyan Design Bureau and in the absence of designer supervision.

MiG-21U

The prototype of the spark was designated E-bU. The first flight of the MiG-21U took place on October 16, 1960. The dimensions of the twin aircraft remained the same as those of the combat MiG-21F-13.

By installing a cabin for the second pilot, the capacity of the internal fuel tanks was reduced to 2350 liters. The cabins were closed with individual movable canopy segments that folded to the side. Guns with ammunition and a radio sight were not installed on the twin. After successful completion of State tests, the aircraft was put into serial production under the designation MiG-21U.

MiG-21 US

With the advent of the second generation of MiG-21 - MiG-21PF and MiG-21PFM - it was decided to make a training aircraft based on the interceptor airframe.

The new twin aircraft received the designation MiG-21US.

MiG-21 UM

The MiG-21UM is a training aircraft for training pilots of the third generation MiG-21 fighter aircraft (MiG-21SM/M/MF/R).

MiG-21 E (target aircraft)

In the mid-1960s, specialists from the Mikoyan Design Bureau, together with scientists from the Kazan Aviation Institute, developed unmanned versions of the MiG-21PF and MiG-21PFM fighters. The planes were intended to be used as targets. Combat fighters departing for their assigned resource were converted into unmanned targets.

Short description MiG-21F-13 designs

The wing is triangular in plan, made from symmetrical TsAGI profiles with a relative thickness of 5% and consists of two single-spar consoles with front and rear stringer walls. Each console contains two fuel tanks (in the bow and middle parts), a set of ribs and stringers that reinforce the skin. The wing has ailerons with a total area of 0.88 m2, and to improve takeoff and landing characteristics, flaps with a sliding axis of rotation with a total area of 1.87 m2. Aerodynamic baffles (ridges) with a height of 7% of the local wing chord improved longitudinal stability at high angles of attack. In addition to the fuel compartments, oxygen cylinders were located in the root parts of the wing. Landing lights and weapon suspension units are also mounted on the consoles. The consoles are attached to the fuselage at five points.

Fuselage structure of MiG-21 F-13

Main landing gear niche

Overhead fuel tank

Construction of the tail section of the MiG-21F-13 aircraft

The vertical tail with a sweep of 60°, consisting of a keel and rudder, is made from S-11s profiles with a relative thickness of 6%.

The R11F-300 turbojet engine is a two-shaft engine with an axial six-stage compressor, a tubular combustion chamber and an afterburner. The engine, no matter how trivial it may sound, is the “heart” of the aircraft, and the achievement of the design characteristics largely depends on the coordinated operation of the entire power plant. The R11F-300, initially capricious in operation and with a low service life, was considered a mature engine by the time the MiG-21 F appeared, which became the basis for its production. But achieving the desired thrust and specific fuel and resource consumption is only a necessary, but not a sufficient condition for the aircraft to be accepted into service (or supply) of the Air Force. It is also necessary that the engine operates stably in all operating modes and does not “cut off” when firing guns or launching missiles. And here a lot depends on the correct choice of parameters and design of the air intake device, the presence of anti-surge flaps and engine recharge.

The tail section of the MiG-21 F aircraft

Fuel with a total volume of 2300 liters was placed in four wing, fuselage and ventral 800-liter tanks. Kerosene T-1, TS-1 and T-2 was used as fuel.

The SK emergency escape system, developed at OKB-155, was perhaps the most original technical solution on the plane. Great hopes were placed on it, but subsequent operation revealed low reliability and the impossibility of rescuing the pilot during ejection from the ground. “SK” consisted of a folding part of the canopy, which rose up and forward when the cabin was opened, and an ejection seat.

Nose landing gear

Main landing gear

Main landing gear design

In addition to the standard set of flight-navigation and engine control instruments and various instrument systems, the equipment included a command VHF radio station RSIU-5, a marker radio receiver

MRP-56I, ARK-54I radio compass and KAP-1 roll autopilot.

The aircraft's armament included a 30 mm caliber HP-30 cannon, as well as missile and bomb weapons suspended on BDZ-58-21 beam holders. K-13 missiles were placed on APU-28 launchers. In addition, the suspension of up to 32 ARS-57M, two ARS-212 or ARS-240 and bombs was allowed.

The pilot’s equipment included a VKK-ZM altitude-compensating suit with a GSh-4M pressure helmet and a set of KKO-3 oxygen equipment.

Production of MiG-21 aircraft until 1962

* According to the MAP archive, but according to information received from plant No. 21 - 73 aircraft

Main characteristics of the MiG-21 aircraft family

Main characteristics of MiG-21 training aircraft

MiG-21 F-13 Indonesian Air Force

Former Iraqi MiG-21 F-13, tested in Israel

MiG-2F-13 USSR Air Force

MiG-21 UM USSR Air Force. On the plane there is a sign "Excellent plane"

MiG-21 UM USSR Air Force

MiG-21F Egyptian Air Force

MiG-21 F-13 tested in the USA

MiG-21 F-13 of the Yugoslav Air Force

MiG-21U Finnish Air Force

MiG-21 UM of the Hungarian Air Force

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MiG-21 - FISHBED. Chronology and export.

The article contains information on the chronology of the MiG-21 in production and as part of the USSR Air Force, as well as data on the export of MiG-21 aircraft.

In total, in the USSR over all the years, the MiG-21 of various modifications was produced:
- Znamya Truda plant (Moscow) - 3203 copies.
- Gorky aircraft plant "Falcon" - 5278 copies.
- Tbilisi aircraft plant - 1677 copies.

TOTAL: 10158 copies. (in USSR).

Status: USSR/Russia:
- 1958-1986 - years of serial production of the MiG-21 in various versions and designs;

	Plant No. 30 "Banner of Labor" (Moscow)	Aircraft plant No. 21 (Gorky)	Aircraft plant No. 31 (Tbilisi)
1958			7 MiG-21F
1959	30 MiG-21F		10 MiG-21F
1960	132 MiG-21F-13	69 MiG-21F
1961	272 MiG-21F-13	MiG-21F-13
1962	202 MiG-21F-13	MiG-21F-13
1963		MiG-21F-13 (export)
1964		MiG-21F-13 (export)
1965		MiG-21F-13 (export)

1958 - the first 7 copies of the MiG-21F were built at the Tbilisi aircraft plant;

1959-1960 - serial production of the MiG-21F is carried out at the Gorky Aviation Plant (69 copies built in 1960), in Tbilisi (10 copies) and at the Moscow Znamya Truda plant (30 copies in 1959);

1960-1962 - MiG-21F-13 is being produced at the Gorky Aviation Plant, produced by year:
1960 - 132 copies.
1961 - 272 copies.
1962 - 202 copies.

1960-1965 - the MiG-21F-13 is produced at the Moscow Znamya Truda plant;

1976 - the Air Force has all serial modifications of the MiG-21, total in service approx. 2000 copies;

1979 - a total of 3600 copies in service;

1980-1981 - The MiG-21 is being withdrawn from service; the total number in the Air Force is approx. 1,300 MiG-21 fighters and more than 300 reconnaissance aircraft; 48 copies were introduced into Afghanistan along with the 40th Army. MiG-21SM/SMT/bis and one squadron of MiG-21R;

1983 - a total of 1200 copies in the Air Force;

1990 October - the following modifications of the MiG-21 are in service - bis, M, MF, PF, PFM, R, RF, S, SM, SMT, UM, US;

1993 - almost completely withdrawn from service;

1994 - the Sokol plant in Nizhny Novgorod assembles a batch of MiG-21I (new MiG-21bis);

Export:
Azerbaijan:
- 2012 - the last MiG-21s were removed from service.

Albania:
- 1991-1993 - 20 copies in service. F-7 (MiG-21 in Chinese version);

Algeria:
- 1977 - 6 copies delivered. MiG-21MF;
- 1978 - 25 copies delivered. MiG-21MF;
- 1981 - 25 copies in service. MiG-21MF;
- 1983 - a total of 70 copies in service. MiG-21 (including MiG-21F);
- 1991 - over the entire period approx. 90 copies MiG-21;
- 1993 - 98 copies in service. MiG-21;

Angola:
- 1975 - 32 copies delivered. MiG-21F;
- 1983 - a total of 40 copies in service. (MiG-21F incl.);
- 1991 - 70 copies were delivered over the entire period;
- 1993 - 35 copies in service. MiG-21 and 6 copies. MiG-21U type;

Afghanistan:
- 1978 - 20 copies delivered. MiG-21MF;
- 1980 - the MiG-21MF and MiG-21bis are in service;
- 1986 - in service, incl. MiG-21F;
- 1990 - 23 copies delivered. MiG-21bis and 2 copies. MiG-21UM, as well as 8 copies. engines for MiG-21bis R-25-300; 23 copies were also repaired in the USSR. MiG-21bis (April-June 1990), of the 9 additional MiG-21bis requested, not a single one was delivered;
- 1991 - more than 65 copies were delivered over the entire period;
- 1993 - 98 units in service;

Bangladesh:
- 1973 beginning of the year - 12 MiG-21MF and 2 MiG-21UM were delivered.
- 1986 - in service;
- 1991 - total supply for the entire period is 14 copies;
- 1993 - 20 copies in service. MiG-21 and 17 copies. F-7;
- 1994 - the last MiG-21MF were withdrawn from combat personnel Air Force.

Bulgaria:
- 1974 - MiG-21F and MiG-21U / UM are in service;
- 1981 - 60 copies in service. MiG-21F / MF and 15 copies of MiG-21R;
- 1983 - 80 copies in service. various modifications;
- 1991 - more than 80 copies were delivered over the entire period;
- 1993 - 106 copies in service. MiG-21 and 19 copies. MiG-21R;

Burkina Faso:
- 1984 - 8 MiG-21MF were delivered from the USSR (Ouagadougou airbase).
- 2000 - the last MiG-21 was taken out of service by the Air Force.

Hungary:
- 1981 - 80 copies in service.
- 1993 - 65 copies in service;

- 2000 - completely withdrawn from service. The MiG-21bis/MiG-21UM variants served the longest.

Vietnam:
- December 1965 - first delivery of about 24 copies. (2 squadrons in the 921st IAP) MiG-21PF-V ("Vietnamese") and MiG-21PFM;
- 1966 - used in the air defense system of North Vietnam with K-13 missiles.

1967 from October 20 to 30 - during the bombing of the Fkuyen airfield, 4 MiG-21s were destroyed on the ground and another 1 aircraft was shot down on takeoff.

1986 - 120 copies in service. (including MiG-21PF);
- 1991 - 235 copies were delivered over the entire period;
- 1993 - 125 copies in service. (including MiG-21bis);

Guinea - 1991 - 8 copies were delivered throughout the entire period;

Guinea Bissau - was in service with the Air Force.

GDR (since 1990 - Germany):

	MiG-21F-13	MiG-21PF	MiG-21U	MiG-21PFM	MiG-21US	MiG-21M	MiG-21UM	MiG-21MF	MiG-21bis
1962 May	first deliveries to the regiment JG-8 (Neuhardenberg). Next were delivered to the regiments JG-9 in Peenemünde and JG-3 in Neisse-Malxetal, a total of 75 MiG-21F-13 were delivered
1964 March		first deliveries to the regiment JG-8 (Neuhardenberg). A total of 53 MiG-21PF were delivered.
1965 April - 1967 July			45 MiG-21U trainers were delivered to regiments armed with MiG-21 and training unit FAG-15
1968 June				first deliveries, a total of 134 copies delivered.
1968 December - 1970 August					17 copies were delivered.
1969 July - 1970 December						87 copies were delivered. incl. to JG-8 (Neuhardenberg)
1971 June - 1978 March							37 copies were delivered.
1972 April								The first 14 copies were delivered to the JG-3 regiment. a total of 62 copies were delivered.
1973						12 copies from JG-8 transferred to the Syrian Air Force
1975 October - 1978 May									46 copies were delivered.
1978
1983			There is
1985	completely withdrawn from service
1986	-	begins to be withdrawn from service
1988	-	completely withdrawn from service
1992	-	-		There is			There is	There is	There is

- 1981 - 200 copies in service. (including there are also MiG-21F-13 and MiG-21PF);
- 1983 - in service up to 250 copies. (including the MiG-21U and MiG-21PF);
- 1978 - a total of 456 MiG-21s of various modifications were delivered over the entire period. The last deliveries were in 1978 (MiG-21bis).
- 1990 - 50 copies. scrapped in the GDR and another 251 copies. from the Air Force of the former GDR is planned for scrapping;
- 1992 - 251 copies. MiG-21 (including MiG-21PFM / edition "94", MiG-21MF and MiG-21UM) are part of the Vostok command (territory of the former GDR);

Democratic Republic of the Congo:
- 1997 - 4 MiG-21PMF were delivered from Serbia.

Egypt:
- 1962 - first deliveries of MiG-21F;
- 1967 - a total of 50 copies in service. (according to other sources - 80 copies), MiG-21PF / PFL / PFM (ed. "94") with R-3S missiles - are in service;
- 1970 - a batch of MiG-21MF with Soviet pilots was delivered;
- 1974 - the MiG-21MF, MiG-21M and MiG-21PF are in service;
- 1986 - 272 copies in service. (including the MiG-21F), repairs of R-11 engines have been established at the Sakr factories, work is underway to install a navigation complex and identification system from Teledyne, and a head-up display system from GEC Avionics on the MiG-21. , ALE-40 passive jammer cassettes from "Tractor" and AIM-9P "Sidewinder" missiles;
- 1990 - 83 copies in service. MiG-21 of various modifications, 52 copies. F-7, 14 copies. MiG-21R/RF and 20 copies. MiG-21U;
- 1991 - a total of 80 copies were delivered over the entire period. F-7 from China and 475 copies. MiG-21 of various modifications from the USSR;
- 1993 - 112 copies in service. MiG-21, 14 copies. MiG-21R/RF and 52 copies. F-7;

Zambia:
- 1980 - a contract for the supply of 16 copies was concluded. MiG-21F;
- 1986 - MiG-21F is already in service;
- 1991 - 18 copies were delivered over the entire period. (MiG-21F/U);

Zimbabwe - 1991 - 24 copies were delivered over the entire period. F-7 (from China);

Israel:
- 1966 - the MiG-21F-13 of the Iraqi defector was tested;
- 1993 - the IAI Bedek division and the Elbit concern proposed a program for modernizing the MiG-21 fleet of Romania (an agreement was signed for work on 100 vehicles of the Romanian Air Force);

India:
- 1963 January 15 - the first batch of MiG-21F-13 was sent by sea from Odessa (6 copies, 28th squadron of the Indian Air Force, Bombay);
- 1963 December 21 - during a training flight, 2 MiG-21F-13s collided and crashed.
- 1964 autumn - 4 copies delivered. MiG-21F-13 and 2 copies. MiG-21PF;
- 1966-1974 - preparation and production under license of the MiG-21FL at the Nasik plants of the HAL corporation (total under the contract - 200 copies). Until 1964, assembly was carried out from components supplied from the USSR, in 1969 independent production was launched (rate - 30 copies/year), the cost of one MiG-21FL in 1974 was 2 million US$;
- 1970-1979 - new contract for licensed production of the MiG-21M (started in 1973). The production rate until 1975 was 10 copies/year. Including additional supplies from the USSR, 150 copies were produced by 1979. MiG-21M; Repair and assembly of engines for the MiG-21 has been mastered at the Koraput plant;
- 1973 February 14 - first flight of the MiG-21M assembled in India;
- 1974 - 20 copies of the MiG-21M entered the Air Force from assembly lines; a license was granted for the assembly of the MiG-21FMA (27 copies were supplied from the USSR and the total order volume was 50 copies);
- 1975 - 50 copies are in service. MiG-21FMA and 36 copies. MiG-21M, as well as MiG-21bis and MiG-21UM;
- 1979 - 150 copies in the Air Force. MiG-21M;
- 1980-1987 - a license was granted for the production of MiG-21bis (for a total of 200 copies, 30-50 copies per year), in 1980 the Air Force already had 10 copies. MiG-21bis;
- 1981 - 150 copies in service. MiG-21bis, about 300 copies. MiG-21 of other modifications, 40 copies. MiG-21 in UTI variants;
- 1986 - more than 500 copies in total. MiG-21;
- 1988 - a total of approximately 500 copies were produced under licenses (MiG-21FL / M / bis). A new export modification has been proposed with improved characteristics by 30-40%, cost 3.8 million US$ (MiG-21I);
- 1991 - 675 copies were produced and delivered over the entire period. MiG-21;
- 1993 April - 294 copies in service. MiG-21, a preliminary agreement was signed on a joint modernization of the Indian MiG-21 fleet with the MiG Design Bureau;
- 1994 - construction of the MiG-21-93 prototype is underway, it is planned to modernize about 120 copies. MiG-21bis;
- 1996 - an agreement has already been signed on the modernization of the Indian MiG-21 fleet;

Indonesia - early 1960s - MiG-21F-13 were supplied;

Iraq:
- 1963 - first deliveries of MiG-21F-13;
- 1983 - a total of 90 copies in the Air Force;
- 1983-1984 - 61 copies were delivered. MiG-21;
- 1986 - 176 copies in service. MiG-21 (including MiG-21F);
- 1990-1991 (until January 16, 1991 - the beginning of Operation Desert Storm) - more than 230 copies were delivered over the entire period. MiG-21 and F-7 (80 units), the Air Force has 40 units. F-7 (type MiG-21F-13, delivered in 1990), 12 copies. MiG-21U/UM, 75 copies. MiG-21PF/MF, 75 copies. MiG-21 of other modifications (total: 202 copies in the Air Force, of which 182 copies were supplied from the USSR);
- 1993 - MiG-21 and F-7 are in service;

Iran:
- 1991 - 18 copies were delivered from China. F-7;
- 1993 - 12 copies in service. F-7;

Yemen Arab Republic - MiG-21s were in service.

Kazakhstan - 1997 - in service;

Cambodia:
- 1980 - MiG-21F is in service;
- 1991 - more than 20 copies were delivered over the entire period. MiG-21;
- 1993 - 17 copies in service;

China:
- 1966 - first deliveries of MiG-21F-13 and provision technical documentation for assembly;
- 1972-1973 - start of production of an analogue of the MiG-21F-13 - J-7 (F-7 / F-7-I - export version);
- 1974 - 75 copies in service. J-7;
- ca. 1978 - modification of F-7-II;
- 1986 - more than 400 copies were produced. J-7 of various modifications:
J-7 (F-7) - analogue of the MiG-21F-13;
J-7-III - analogue of the MiG-21MF (available by 1983);
JJ-7 (FT-7) - analogue of the MiG-21U/US (available by 1985);
F-7M AIRGUARD - purely export modification with Western electronic equipment (avionics);
F-7P SKYBOLT - export modification with western electronic equipment;
- 1993 - in service approx. 500 copies J-7;
- 1996-1997 - in service, shown at Airshow China-96 new lightweight the FC-7 fighter with an RD-33 engine, it is expected that by 2000 this aircraft will become the main fighter of the Chinese Air Force;

DPRK:
- 1974 - from 130 copies. 24 copies were supplied under the contract. MiG-21;
- 1975 - a total of 24 copies in service;
- 1978 - assembly under license of the MiG-21MF began;
- 1983 - a total of 120 copies in service. MiG-21;
- 1986 - a total of about 200 copies in service. (including MiG-21F);
- 1991 - 220 copies were delivered over the entire period. MiG-21;
- 1993 - 130 copies in service. MiG-21 and 40 copies. F-7;

Congo (Republic of Congo):
- 1986 - 14 MiG-21bis and 2 MiG-21UM were delivered from the USSR.
- 1991 - 14 copies were delivered over the entire period;
- 1993 - 12 copies in service. MiG-21;
- 1997 - in the Air Force 5 MiG-21bis and 1 MiG-21UM. Later removed from service.

Cuba:
- 1973 - 80 copies in service. (including MiG-21PFM (ed. "94") and MiG-21MF);
- 1974 - 30 copies delivered. MiG-21;
- 1981 - 50 copies in service. MiG-21F, 30 copies. MiG-21MF, as well as MiG-21R and other modifications;
- 1983 - in service up to 200 copies. (including MiG-21PF);
- 1991 - more than 170 copies were delivered over the entire period;
- 1993 - 80 copies in service. MiG-21 and 8 copies. MiG-21U;

Laos:
- 1986 - 44 copies in service. (including MiG-21F);
- 1991 - a total of 44 copies were delivered;
- 1993 - 31 copies in service. MiG-21;

Libya:
- 1983 - 94 copies in service;
- 1986 - 55 copies in service;
- 1991 - 104 copies were delivered over the entire period;
- 1993 - 50 copies in service. MiG-21;

Madagascar:
- 1979 - MiG-21MF is in service (?);
- 1980 - 8 copies delivered. MiG-21F from 15 copies. by contract;
- 1991 - 15 copies were delivered throughout the entire period;

Mali - 1991 - 12 copies were delivered over the entire period;

Mozambique:
- 1978 - 30 copies in service. MiG-21MF;

- 1993 - 43 copies in service. MiG-21;

Mongolia:
- 1977 beginning - delivery of the first 8 MiG-21PF and 4 MiG-21UM;
- 1977-1984 - a total of 44 MiG-21s of various modifications were delivered.
- 1986 - more than 10 copies in service. (including MiG-21F);
- 1991 - 12 copies were delivered over the entire period;
- 1993 - 15 copies in service. MiG-21 and 3 copies. MiG-21U;
- 2011 - 10 MiG-21s are in the Air Force.

Myanmar (formerly Burma) - 1993 - 10 copies in service. F-7 and 2 copies. FT-7;

Nigeria:
- 1975-1976 - 25 MiG-21MF and 6 MiG-21UM were delivered;
- 1986 - MiG-21MF is in service;
- 1990 - at least 12 copies in service. MiG-21MF and 2 copies. MiG-21UM;
- 1991 - 31 copies were delivered over the entire period;
- 1993 - 22 copies in service. MiG-21 of various modifications; The aircraft ceased operation in the early 1990s due to the end of Soviet technical assistance.

Nicaragua:
- 1988 - until 1995 it was planned to deliver 12 copies;
- 1993 - not in service;

Pakistan:
- 1990 - 40 copies in service. F-7 and 36 copies. FT-7 (together with FT-5);
- 1991 - 95 copies were delivered over the entire period. F-7 and its modifications (including F-7P SKYBOLT);
- 1993 - 75 copies in service. F-7;

Peru:
- 1977 - re-export from Cuba 12 copies;
- 1993 - not in service;

Poland:
- 1961 - first deliveries of MiG-21F-13;
- 1963 - delivery of 25 MiG-21F-13 was completed;
- 1964-1965 - deliveries of MiG-21PF - 84 units, withdrawn from service in 1989;
- 1965-1966 - MiG-21U deliveries - 11 units, withdrawn from service in 1990;
- 1966-1968 - deliveries of MiG-21PFM - 132 units, withdrawn from service in 1989;
- 1968-1972 - supplies of reconnaissance MiG-21R - 36 units, withdrawn from service in 1997;
- 1969-1970 - supplies of MiG-21US trainers - 12 units, withdrawn from service in 2003 and MiG-21M - 36 units, withdrawn from service in 2002;
- 1971-1981 - deliveries of MiG-21UM - 54 units, withdrawn from service in 2003;
- 1972-1975 - deliveries of MiG-21MF - 120 units, withdrawn from service in 2003;
- 1973 - MiG-21F-13 were withdrawn from service;
- 1979 - start of deliveries of MiG-21bis - a total of 72 fighters were delivered, withdrawn from service in 1999. In total, Poland received 582 MiG-21s in six combat modifications, three training and one reconnaissance.
- 1981 - 315 copies in service. (modifications MF, R, RF, U, F, bis);
- 1983 - 390 copies in service;
- 1989 - MiG-21PF and MiG-21PFM were withdrawn from service;
- 1990 - MiG-21U was withdrawn from service;
- 1991 - approximately 400 copies were delivered over the entire period;
- 1993 - 221 copies in service. MiG-21 and 24 copies. MiG-21R;
- 1997 - MiG-21R was withdrawn from service;
- 1999 - MiG-21bis was withdrawn from service;
- 2002 - MiG-21M was withdrawn from service;
- 2003 - MiG-21US and MiG-21UM, as well as MiG-21MF were withdrawn from service;

Romania:
- 1981 - 80 copies in service. (MiG-21F incl.);
- 1991 - over the entire period more than 175 copies were supplied from the USSR;
- 1993 - 218 copies in service. MiG-21 and 10 copies. MiG-21R. Israel proposed a program to modernize Romania's MiG-21 fleet (an agreement was signed for work on 100 MiG-21-2000 aircraft of the Romanian Air Force in the amount of US$ 330 million);

North Yemen:
- 1986 - 25 copies in service. (MiG-21F incl.?);
- 1991 - total supply for the entire period is 12 copies. (?);

Serbia:
- 1997 - 4 MiG-21PMF were delivered to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Syria:
- 1967 - first deliveries of 26 copies;
- 1973 - 180 copies in service. MiG-21 of various modifications (including MiG-21F-13 and MiG-21MF);
- May 1974 - 54 copies delivered;
- 1975 - 11 copies delivered;
- 1981 - 250 copies in service. (including modifications bis, MF, PF and SMT);
- 1982 June 10 - 10 copies were lost in the war with Israel. MiG-21bis;
- 1986 - 330 copies were delivered over the entire period. (including modifications M and F);
- 1991 - 435 copies were delivered over the entire period;
- 1993 - 172 copies in service;

Slovakia - was in service with the Air Force.

Somalia:
- July 1974 - 7 copies delivered;
- 1986 - MiG-21F is in service;
- 1990 - 8 copies in service;
- 1991 - 10 copies were delivered over the entire period;

Sudan:
- 1974 - 4 copies delivered. MiG-21;
- 1986 - MiG-21F is in service;
- 1990-1993 - 8 copies in service. MiG-21 and 4 copies. MiG-21U;
- 1991 - 18 copies were delivered over the entire period;

USA - 1988 - except for private ones, in Air Force units - 8 copies;

Tanzania:
- 1974 - 16 copies delivered. F-7;
- 1991 - 16 copies were delivered over the entire period. F-7;

Uganda:
- 1975 - 8 copies delivered;
- 1976 - 12 copies delivered. (?);
- 1991 - 19 copies were delivered over the entire period;

Ukraine - 1992 - in service;

Finland:
- 1974 - MiG-21F-13 and MiG-21MF are in service, the first delivery is 12 copies. MiG-21bis;
- 1979 - 2 copies delivered. MiG-21bis;
- 1980 - 18 copies delivered. MiG-21bis, MiG-21F-13 in the Air Force - 19 copies;
- 1986 - MiG-21bis in service - 35 copies;
- 1991 - 54 copies were delivered over the entire period. (only MiG-21F-13, MiG-21MF, MiG-21UM and MiG-21bis);
- 1993 - 20 copies in service;
- 1998 - the last MiG-21bis was withdrawn from service.

Croatia - 1993 - in service with the Air Force;

Czech Republic - was in service with the Air Force.

Czechoslovakia:
- mid-1960s - assembly of the MiG-21F-13 was established at the Aero Vodochody plant. A total of 194 specimens were collected.
- 1981-1983 - 220 copies in service. MiG-21 (including MiG-21MF, MiG-21F and MiG-21U) and 80 copies. MiG-21R;
- 1986 - MiG-21R in the Air Force - 40 copies;
- 1991 - 350 copies were delivered over the entire period;
- 1997 - plans are discussed to replace 24 MiG-21s of the Czech Air Force with Western-made aircraft;

Ethiopia:
- 1983 - 140 copies in service. (MiG-21F, MiG-21MF combined with MiG-23);
- 1991 - 95 copies were delivered over the entire period;
- 1993 - 40 copies in service. MiG-21;
- 1997 - in service;

Yugoslavia:

Year	MiG-21F-13	MiG-21U	MiG-21PMF	MiG-21US	MiG-21R	MiG-21M	MiG-21MF	MiG-21bis	MiG-21UM
1962	25.12 - the first ones were transferred, name - L-12. Only 45 copies.
1965		only 9 copies, name - NL-12
1968			only 36 copies, name - L-13
1969				only 9 copies, name NL-14
1970					only 12 copies, name L-14I	only 25 copies, name L-15
1975							only 6 copies
1977								start of deliveries	start of deliveries
1980	withdrawn from service

- 1983 - according to unverified data, up to 200 copies are in service. (including MiG-21F, MiG-21bis and MiG-21U);
- 1991 - over the entire period, 100 fighters and 35 MiG-21 trainers were delivered. After the collapse of Yugoslavia, all MiG-21s, with the exception of a few hijacked ones, went to Serbia.

South Yemen:
- 1974 - 12 copies delivered. MiG-21F;
- 1980 - 20 copies delivered. MiG-21MF from 40 copies. by contract;
- 1986 - 48 copies in service;
- 1991 - more than 50 copies were delivered over the entire period;
- 1993 - 50 copies in service. MiG-21.

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