MiG-21 Fishbed,Mongol
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO
reporting name "Fishbed") is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft, designed
by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. It was
popularly nicknamed "balalaika", from the aircraft's planform-view
resemblance to the Russian stringed musical instrument or ołówek
(English: pencil) by Polish pilots due to the shape of its fuselage.
Early versions are considered second-generation jet fighters, while
later versions are considered to be third-generation jet fighters. Some
50 countries over four continents have flown the MiG-21, and it still
serves many nations a half-century after its maiden flight. The fighter
made aviation records. At least by name, it is the most-produced
supersonic jet aircraft in aviation history and the most-produced combat
aircraft since the Korean War, and it had the longest production run of
a combat aircraft (1959 to 1985 over all variants).
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