Compared to contemporaries like the American F-4 Phantom II, the MiG-21 was less complex and far cheaper to produce—but could hold its own against the more sophisticated American jet. The best Soviet ...
The peculiarly-named MiG-21 Fishbed was a menace over the skies of Vietnam and embodied the Soviet knack for simple, effective war machines. Its tiny but lethal design was more than enough to give ...
After being selected for a top-secret project, a recent graduate pilot, and top of his class, rose to the skies aboard a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II for his first exercise. However, as he was ...