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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.
Two MiG-21 sans suffixe (izdeliye 65) were converted to use K-13 missile system as part of a development project for an interceptor armed with the K-13 missile. Due to the MiG-21P-13 project lagging behind schedule, it was decided to produce the existing MiG-21F with the capability to use the K-13 missile system, resulting in the MiG-21F-13.
MiG I-7 - heavy interceptor fighter prototype developed from the I-3, 1957; MiG I-75 - swept-wing interceptor developed from the I-7, 1958; lost to the Sukhoi T-43; MiG I-210 (IKh) - MiG-3 re-engined with a ASh-82A radial engine, 1941; also known as MiG-3-82 or MiG-9 (not to be confused with the later MiG-9 jet fighter)
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The Chengdu J-7 (Chinese: 歼-7; third generation export version F-7; NATO reporting name: Fishcan [1]) is a Chinese fighter aircraft.It is a license-built version of the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, and thus shares many similarities with that aircraft. [2]
Interceptor-type aircraft emerging after the war used after-burning engines to give Mach 2 performance, while radar and infrared homing missiles greatly improved their accuracy and firepower. The U.S. Century Series such as the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter , as well as the Russian MiG-21 , English Electric Lightning , and French Dassault Mirage ...
MiG-21 - 1956 fighter and interceptor; MiG-23 - 1967 fighter and fighter-bomber; MiG-25 - 1964 interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft; MiG-27 - 1970 ground-attack aircraft; MiG-29 - 1977 air superiority fighter and multirole fighter MiG-29M - improved multirole fighter variant of the MiG-29 MiG-29K - 1988 all-weather carrier-based multirole ...
The Shenyang J-8 (Chinese: 歼-8; NATO reporting name: Finback) is a family of interceptor aircraft developed by the 601 Institute (Shenyang) in the People's Republic of China (PRC). It was conceived in the early 1960s as a low-risk program based on enlarging the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F, a version of which the PRC was producing as the Chengdu J-7.