OVERVIEW: The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: ¬®¬Ú¬Ü¬à¬ñ¬ß ¬Ú ¬¤¬å¬â¬Ö¬Ó¬Ú¬é ¬®¬Ú¬¤-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.

DETAILS:Early versions are considered second-generation jet fighters, while later versions are considered third-generation jet fighters. Approximately 60 countries over four continents have flown the MiG-21, and it still serves many nations six decades after its maiden flight. It made aviation records, became the most-produced supersonic jet aircraft in aviation history, the most-produced combat aircraft since the Korean War and previously the longest production run of a combat aircraft (now exceeded by both the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon).


MiG-21MF (1970; Izdeliye 96F; NATO "Fishbed-J")
    M = Modernizirovannyy ("Modernised")
    F = Forsirovannyy ("Uprated [engine]")
    Export version of the MiG-21SM, with RP-22 radar and R13-300 turbojet. The choice of weapons loads was increased with the addition of the R-60 (NATO: AA-8 "Aphid") and later the R-60M IR-seeking AAM. These were also licence-built in India by HAL as the Type 88. 

SOURCE: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. "Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 - Wikipedia." n.d. Accessed September 8, 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-21#Variants. 
