It's the most iconic Cold War era Soviet fighter. Right ahead of the MIG-15.

Love it or not. You have to admit. The Mig 21 IS one of the best fighters EVER let alone post WW2.

Mig21, the feared foe to the F4 phantom. Despite it being an old design, it’s still a great post Cold War fighter, it’s one of the many Soviet era weapons that doesn’t seem to disappear anytime soon and it’s influence has inspired many other planes like the F16.

Amazing, beautiful aircraft. "Fishbed" is up there with "Frogfoot" as dumbest NATO reporting names. But the aircraft itself is a legend.

Classic Soviet jet fighter, that deserves much respect, to this day! A real beauty.

It seems that Soviet designers were great proponents of the KISS method. Their tanks, especially in WWII, the AK-47 and the MIG21 are robust pieces of equipment designed to last and easy to operate. This plane seems to have some problems but on the whole it fulfills what it was designed to do.

I watch and listen to them almost every day, all my life. Unfortunately, not for long, another year or two max, they will soon be replaced by Rafales. In addition to the base, their repair center is also nearby. I will miss when Tumanski thunders at 7 in the morning, it's a wake-up call you can't snooze.

I was a crew chief of MiG 21Bison of No 21 Sqdn of IAF. I loved this a/c.It takes less time for TRS and LRS. Ex Sgt V Kumar.

The 1998 Honda Civic of the skies. Cheap, easy to maintain and reliable!

Thanks comrade, for making an amazing video on me. Very comprehensive and to the point research on yours truly.

Saw a privately owned MiG21 at the 2016 Joint Base Lewis-McChord Airshow - blew me away. Hope the owner will bring it back after 7 years to the show this July.

Half the video features SU 7 as the mig 21, too bad guys coz the text is good and detailed.

The development of the USAF 3rd generation fighters led by John Boyd in the late sixties was based on lessons learned from Iraqi Airforce Mig-21 after being flown by Munir Rawffa and landed in Israel. The Mig was flown to the US, where every single system/component studied in depth and used later on to develop new concepts (Light Weight Fighter) to counter Soviet military air doctrine. The F-16, F-18 was inspired by theses lessons. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boyd_(military_strategist) There is a Netflix movie about this event.

Mig-21Bis is 3rd gen. WWII Jets gen1 Korea jets Mig-15, F-86 Gen 2 Vietnam Era and Cold War Mig-21, F-Century series are 3rd gen., F-4 Late Cold War and 1990-1991 Gulf War and up to today. F-16, F-15, Mig-29, SU-27 are Gen -4 Today and near future : F-22, F-35, SU-57, J-20 are 5th Gen. Typhoon, SU-35, Rafale, F-15EX, F-15E, F-16E/V are either Gen 4+, Gen 4++, or Gen 4.5 depending on criteria and politics.

A balanced presentation. Thank you.

0:29 to 0:31 thats a Su-7

Amazing and beautifully made video.

Best video ever i saw about the famous Mig-21 ..thank you

Nice vid!!!!! Very informative....... learned a lot about the mig-21 that I didn't know before. Thanks !!!!!

Good video with technical details not to be seen in any other channel on the fighter jets.

I would love to see a dog fight between a Mig 21 and an F-5E Tiger. I think that would be a really good fight!

This aircraft is an enduring symbol of freedom and military might. In many parts of the world, the children draw a recognizable silhouette of a MiG-21 when you ask them to draw an airplane. Airshows in Serbia, where I am from, almost always feature a MiG-21 in one way or another. Now that we enter the supermaneuverable stealth fighter era, a MiG-21 is slowly but surely becoming a relic of a bygone age. As many other revolutionary machines, it will always be a beloved aircraft with pilots, ground crews and enthusiasts.

Awesome video. Very informative. Thank you for sharing it.

Nice video ❤

As always, a jet that don't need 2 miles of regularly swept concrete runway gets points with the guerillas

Great content

definitely cool looking vintage jet

when i was a kid we lived for a very long time close to a military airbase . in summer time i used to go hide myself into some cornfield close to runway and watching the amazing take off they used to do, with after burn helping the take off. it was a great feeling for me as a child ! still is iconic for me !

the plane will go down in aviation history as a legend

The AK 47 of the sky

Absolute beast

Amazing, beautiful manned target drone

With a large RADAR the inlet becomes a thin slit: lots of surface with friction. There is a long, unswept leading edge. The Mirage III uses a cone as small as possible. On a larger plane this intake may still work. A short, stubby, but wide fighter? With a high bypass engine.

Very informative and unbiased video. What is the software you used to make this video ?

Awesome... I seen a MiG-21 here in NZ 👍🇳🇿

It was amazing fighter, I respect it very much, Mac 2 on that old fighter, 👌 👏 😍 👍 wow

"Short legs" doesn't mean low landing gear, as shown in the video, but small combat radius.

The content looks similar to Mustard! Very clean documentary video!

With upgrades, it's still relevant in secondary roles today

Still flight Mig21 in Romanian airforce, Croatian, Indian, and China! Some countries have MiG21 in reserve.

the American f104 and Russian mig 21 were such amazing fighter interceptors considering they were made starting in the 50s, less than a decade after jet engines were even available for those nations

Beautiful fighter!

A very fast jet. Would make an excellent interceptor. Really only need good upgraded

Un bel aereo valido alla pari del Phantom..F16...Mirage...con avionica aggiornata

I love this plane so much. favorite soviet Era jet besides the frogfoot 🐸

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I wish you had mentioned/researched fishbed in Iran/iraq war of 1980s more. It was extensively used by iraq and similar to Vietnam war the opponent Iranian fighters were phantom f4. I understand Iranians f4 were overall superior but unlike Arab-Israeli wars fishbeds performed pretty good against Iran’s American made planes. Could also be due to lack of technical support for Iranians which lost US support.

It's a beauty all right...

IAF mig21 pilot shot down F16, just to remind that

Like you noted. The AK-47 of fighters!

I'm in Israel.In1966,following a spectacular espionage/intelligence operation,Israel was able to bring the defection of an Iraqi air force pilot with the Mig21 he was flying,to Israel.Thus giving Israel and the U.S(American speciallists,landed here less than12hours after the plane had landed here)the chance to thoroghly inspect and study the plane.Israeli airforce pilots practiced dog fights against the Mig21...

You forgot to mention the Indian Air force Mig-21 that shot down the PAF F-16.

One of the first models I built

Super great jet

I love this plane

best budget work horse on air. love it; hate it just can't ignore it.

the video keeps showing the Su-7, which was a fighter bomber.

In my opinion, the mig-21 fishbed conceptually remains one of the most effective combat aircraft of the jet era. Here we see Russian and American aerial self-confidence. Both Russia and especially America demonstrate greed and a deceptive overestimation of the production of weapons as a means of earning money by officials, businessmen and generals. The state budget is the largest monetary resources. An example is the latest generation of F35 combat aircraft. As if this plane can guarantee air superiority. These are mostly assumptions. Of course, something new always gives some kind of psychological confidence and motivation. But it's mostly emotions. Mig 21 and F 35 and all other types of aircraft fundamentally and technologically differ little from each other. Both the Mig-21 and the F35 are part of a very complex and sophisticated system that requires great moral and physical effort to maintain balance and solve any problems. For example, the same Mig-21 can fight and intercept the same F 35 in aerial combat at long, medium, short and contact distances. Provided that the pilot has passed all the necessary training and education, which gave him a clear and sober picture of the situation with all the pros and cons of the upcoming and full-fledged battle. And, of course, a well-organized organic system with proper management, maximum training and a brave team to solve any problems. Especially when the pilot fits exactly into the available time and space, and also makes good use of the current conditions and instantly decides how to safely get out of a dangerous situation. In particular, in contact air combat, a modern or superior radar system, avionics and weapons are not critical, one can even say that they are useless in a stressful situation. Development and updating take place inside the machine. The machine is practically powerless before external forces and factors such as wind, temperature, turbulence, gravity, air density, optical distortion and so on.

was it efficient or not, but no shit the Fishbed was one of the hottest fighter jets ever built

We see in the pics mister Gurevich. But where is mister Mikoyan?

I’m lucky enough to sit in one several years ago. That thing was UNcomfortable! Not a clue how the pilots managed to fly them 😱

Indian Air Force still has several squadrons of MIG21 Bison varients and recently acheived a kill against F16 Block 15 varient of Pakistani Airforce

The ultimate and bad ass mig

Finland was forced to buy these early 60s when the model was brand new. But it was a good bargain. What a beauty, the most beautiful fighter along with Mirage 3.

Érd city Hungary .Crashed 1 mile from our house on April 22, 1985, 2 dead, 2 houses missing. The case became secret.

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Sri Lanka also use Mig 21. Still in good condition with upgrades

Today , it is called the "Flying coffin" !

😮 Highly under rated! Jack of all trades, 🙄 it's up there with B52, Volkswagen beetle and tardigrades.

nice DCS footage XD

10:40 you mean on people!!!

in 3:22 and 4:21 is Su-11 BtW

Теперь икона российского военного авиастроения это самолёты семейства Су 27, су35. И я рад, отличный самолёт. Теперь работать только над вариантами вооружения.

Iam amazed by it. They are bumps, panels the don't fit. It just brut power. Like the f4 Phantom the school bus with massave power.

0:28 Su-7B Fitter-A

I vote for the Mig 15.

How ratio fight Mig 21 : F4 and How Old of Nuen Van Kok ?

I always loved the MiG-21. I wish Canada had ignored the U.S. and completed the purchase of the MiG-21. Instead we were saddled with American junk like the F-104 Starfighter, the F-5 Tiger and the somewhat better F-101 Voodoo.

He flew a 25 year old MIG 21..!!!

Imagine the Mig 21 with a glass cockpit, AESA radar and an F110GE engine.

Romania still flying with these fighters modernized by Israel to "LANCER" standards.

The 1968 Alfa Romeo. Your Phantoms wouldn't get you far.

Based heavily on Electric Lightning

It has Aircon too.😅

Ah the Mig 21, not the most effective interceptor in the world, but it was cheap and easy to operate. The ability of the Soviets to produce them in large numbers and export them cheaply definitely was an effective part of their Cold War strategy.

And i think size matters in this case

1/6th of the video is of the SU-9

Wow.. Very Informative Video.... One piece to add.... Our Indian MIG 21 BISON shot down a modern F16 operated by Porkistan.....by R21 MISSILE....🤣🤣😂😂

MiGs 21 was used in Yugoslav wars....1991/1995. Few are still in use with Sebia and Croatia.....but on the exit doors Serbia switching with MIG 29.....and Croatia witf Dasault Rafale.

@2.17 now that’s a Sri Lanka Air Force Chinese built Chengdu F-7GS

Always been a brutal challenge for american Aircrafts

I would love to fly one!

Mig21 still serves in Romanian air force :)

Great plane...

The metaphor here is the WW2 M-4 Sherman tank. It was never as tecnologically advanced as its German opposition. It never had as good a gun as its German opposition. But we made factors more of them than the Germans did theirs, and it was as simple to maintain as a car, whose engies it used in some models. As a result, the Israelis were using M-4 derivatives in the 70s.

मिकोयान-गुरेविच मिग- २१ , सरलता ही दिव्यता है।

Good video without an annoying, clumsy robo-voice. Many Soviet designs were brutal on esthetics, Fishbed included. The cone inlet was practical but lacks the sleek design of Western aircraft. Function and quantity has its own quality.

The Best Mig 21 Lancer Romanian Air Force

Fighter shown in 00:58 is Su-9 and not MiG 21. It has a bubble canopy.

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