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    Mikoyan-Gurevitch MIG 21: Fishbed 1955-2010 (Planes and Pilots) (Paperback) By (author) Gerard Paloque

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    Short Description for Mikoyan-Gurevitch MIG 21 The MiG-21 originated with an official request from the Soviet authorities in 1954 for a light, high-performance (Mach 2 at 20 000 m) frontline fighter to protect military and production installations from potential raids by American bombers. Built for almost half a century in twenty or so different versions, in four successive generations, the "Fishbed" (its NATO codename) was not only the jet wh...
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    Title
    Mikoyan-Gurevitch MIG 21
    Subtitle
    Fishbed 1955-2010
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Gerard Paloque
    Physical properties
    Format: Paperback
    Number of pages: 96
    Width: 198 mm
    Height: 239 mm
    Thickness: 13 mm
    Weight: 431 g
    Audience
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9782352501473
    ISBN 10: 2352501474
    Classifications
    BISAC category code: HIS027140
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T5.4
    BICMainSubject: JW
    Publisher
    HISTOIRE & COLLECTIONS
    Imprint name
    HISTOIRE & COLLECTIONS
    Publication date
    04 March 2010
    Publication City/Country
    Paris/FR
    Main description
    The MiG-21 originated with an official request from the Soviet authorities in 1954 for a light, high-performance (Mach 2 at 20 000 m) frontline fighter to protect military and production installations from potential raids by American bombers. Built for almost half a century in twenty or so different versions, in four successive generations, the "Fishbed" (its NATO codename) was not only the jet which was built in the largest numbers in the whole of aviation history, but also the aircraft which was built in greatest numbers since the end of the Second World War, all types and all countries included. Used by fifty or so air forces on four of the five continents, the MiG-21 took part in most of the major conflicts during the four last decades, from the Six-Day War in 1967 to the Balkans in 1999.At the present time more than a thousand examples of this fighter, of which a large number were built in China (Shenyang F-7 and J-7) are still in service, with their career continuing thanks to modernization programs for the surviving aircraft which have enabled them to pass cheerfully into the 21st Century.returncharacterreturncharacter returncharacterreturncharacter REVIEWS returncharacterreturncharacter..".a wealth of information on the plane, from 1955 to present."Model Retailer, 05/2010