MiG-21

The Mikoyan-Gurevich-21 was one of the most famous fighter aircraft of the Cold War, a Russian-built jet commonly used by Eastern Bloc, Middle Eastern, and Asian countries rather than the Canadian military, and many of those built remain in service in more than 20 countries. Designed in the 1950s to replace the MiG-17 and MiG-19, the prototype debuted at Soviet Aviation Day in Moscow in 1955 and then underwent extensive modifications, including a delta wing configuration to improve speed, before becoming the most manufactured supersonic jet in history. The MiG-21 model MF served in the Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee, the East German Air Force, from May 1975 to September 20, 1990; after Germany was reunified on October 3, 1990, and the two air forces were merged, this aircraft briefly entered Luftwaffe service as serial number 22+45 before being withdrawn in October 1990. Germany donated the aircraft to the Government of Canada in 1993, and it was transferred to the National Air Force Museum of Canada in October 1993.

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