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MiG-21MF coded 5121 is currently displayed in the museum of the Vietnam Peoples Air Force in Hanoi. Reportedly, on December 27th, 1972, Pham Tuanflew this aircraft when he shot down an American B-52 taking part in bombing operations during the Linebacker II offensive. It would be the only MiG-21MF killover a Stratofortress, but American sources claim the bomber was lost to a SAM. Pham Tuan would later become the only Vietnamese astronaut. He was a crewmember of Soyuz 37 and orbited the earth 142 times in the Salyut 6 station.For his accomplishments, he was awarded high Vietnamese commendations, and was on of a few foreigners to be awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union.

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stMiG-21MF,Vietnam Peoples Air Force, 921 Fighter Regiment Sao Do, flown by Pham Tuan, Vietnam War, 1970s

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MiG-21MF s oznaenm 5121 se nyn nachz v Muzeu vietnamskho lidovho letectva v Hanoji. Na tomto stroji ml dne 27. prosince 1972 pilot Pham Tuansestelit americk bombardr Boeing B-52, kter se zastnil nletu na Vietnam v rmci operace Linebacker II. Jde o jedin sestel Stratofortressu, dosaenna typu MiG-21, akoliv americk zdroje tvrd, e bombardr zniila raketa zem-vzduch.Pham Tuan se pozdji proslavil jako dosud jedin vietnamsk kosmonaut. Zastnil se letu rakety Sojuz 37 a na orbitln stanici Saljut 6 obletl 142krt Zemi.

Za svou kariru obdrel vysok vietnamsk vyznamenn a jako jeden z mla cizinc tak titul Hrdina Sovtskho svazu.

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This aircraft was delivered to the Czechoslovak Peoples Army as an M version a, sometimes written as MiG-21MA. During a midlife overhaul, it wasbrought to MF standard. This upgrade, among other items, mounted the Tumansky R-13-300 engine. The rendering of the woman and the inscription cameabout at the beginning of summer, 1989, when the 4th Fighter Squadron was disbanded, and the aircraft was transferred to the 5th Fighter Squadron based atLine. After the split of Czechoslovakia, this aircraft was assigned to the Slovak Air Force. MiG-21Ms delivered to Czechoslovakia did not receive a camouflagescheme as such, and flew either in overall silver or light grey colors.

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thMiG-21M, 4 Fighter Squadron, Pardubice Air Base, Czechoslovakia, June, 1989

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Tento letoun byl dodn eskoslovensk lidov armd ve verzi M varianta a, nkdy psno v podob MA. Bhem stedn opravy proel modernizac nastandard verze MF. Tato modernizace mimo jin zahrnovala zstavbu motoru Tumanskij R-13-300.Kresbu dvky a npisy na p dostal letoun na potku lta 1989, kdy se ruil 4. sthac leteck pluk v Pardubicch a letoun putoval k 5. slp na letit Ln. Porozdlen eskoslovenska pipadl tento stroj Armd Slovensk republiky.

MiGy-21M dodan s. letectvu nedostaly kamufln ntr a ltaly v celoedivm i stbrnm zbarven.

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MiG-21MF, Krasnodar Higher Military Academy at Kuscevskaya Airfield, Soviet Union, 1979

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Tento stroj slouil v roce 1979 u Krasnodarskho vyho vojenskho uilit, nesoucho jmno generla Sergeje M. temenka, bvalho nelnkagenerlnho tbu sovtskch ozbrojench sil. Toto uilit zajiovalo vcvik pro piloty, kte byli do Sovtskho svazu vyslni ze zem, kter s tehdejvelmoc zce spolupracovaly. Mezi nimi byli napklad piloti Irku, Kuby, Angoly, Jemenu i Vietnamu.Zda jde o exportn verzi MF, i o sovtskou SM, zstv nejasn. Pro verzi MF svd fakt, e se zde uili ltat zahranin studenti. Pro verzi SM pak zasedvoucifern trupov slo 03, kter by mohlo znamenat, e jde o stroj peveden od bojov jednotky (koln jednotky mly typicky trojcifern oznaen

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The Nile Valley camouflage scheme appeared on Egyptian aircraft at the end of the seventies. The Egyptian command concluded that the two color schemeas delivered by the Soviets was inadequate for combat in the Middle East. The result was a scheme composed of three tones on the upper surfaces made upof sand, green, and dark grey. The front of the nose was adorned with the head of the Red Demon, but the relevance of this is still uncertain. It is possible that itis a unit marking.

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MiG-21MF No.8460, Egyptian Air Force, Mansoura Airbase, 1981

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Kamufln schma zvan dol nilu se na egyptskch letounech zaalo pouvat na konci 70. let. Egyptsk velen v t dob dolo k zvru, edvoubarevn kamufl, v n byly letouny sovtsk provenience dodvny, se pro blzkovchodn bojit nehod. Vsledkem byla ttnov kamufl hornchploch, tvoen pskovou, zelenou a tmavoedou barvou.Na pdi letounu je kresba hlavy ervenho bla, dosud se vak nepodailo zjistit jej vznam. Je mon, e se jedn o znak jednotky.