Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 "Fishbed" | SOVIET LEGACY FIGHTER
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- The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Its nicknames include: Balalaika, because its planform resembles the stringed musical instrument of the same name; Ołówek, Polish for "pencil", due to the shape of its fuselage, and; Én bạc, meaning "Silver Swallow", in Vietnamese.
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).
The most widely produced supersonic jet fighter of all time, the MiG-21 (Western reporting name Fishbed) is an incredibly prolific aircraft. Dated but nimble, it has allowed skilled pilots in past decades to defeat more advanced aircraft. However, its days are numbered as the majority of air forces switch to newer fighters.
The Mikoyan design bureau began development of the MiG-21 in the 1950s, in order to replace the crash-prone MiG-19s. Its first flight was in 1956. Production began in 1959, and it entered service soon after. The MiG-21 holds the record for the most-produced jet aircraft. More than 10 000 units were produced (counting Chinese production). The MiG-21 fighter was in service with 50 countries. It continues to serve in around 20 countries to this very day, even though it is an out-dated aircraft.
The MiG-21 was nothing radical - it was a continuation of the existing MiGs (the 17 and the 19). Compared to its predecessor, MiG-19, the MIG-21’s main design difference is its triangular delta wings (as opposed to the swept wings on the MiG-19). Its primary improvements of such improved design were its speed and greater capacity for armament. The MiG-21 was relatively simple in design and technology. This allowed to produce these aircraft in large numbers.
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 "Fishbed" | SOVIET LEGACY FIGHTER
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MiG 21: A literal engine with wings and a cockpit.
Rather like the F-104, that.
In Soviet Russia, you are the rocket
More like a pencil with wings and engine attached
Ahhhhhh, the beauty of Russian engineering
And a gun
Both the MIG-21 and A-10 share unique design approaches. For the MIG it was, "Here's an engine, make it fly." For the A-10 it was, "here's a gun, make it fly."
Dragon's Breath 198
Yep, that's basically it
more like missile with cockpit and wings
Hey, I can stretch this for the F-35 too!
"Here's a blatant cash grab attempt, make it fly"
Wiryan Tirtarahardja touché brother
@@wiryantirta HA! It's funny cuz it's true.
Still , this piece of museum (of India) had shot down an F 16 of pakistan on 27 feb 2019
Hence , its a legend
In which movie mig21 shoot down f16 without firing single missile.? May be a lasers technology even can down F22
@@hamza-or3gb MiG 21 did fired a missile which was R 73 to shoot down F 16 , If you see the missiles displayed by pakistan then carefully notice that the explosive part of the missile is missing
@@anshumanranjan2547 that missiles was damaged due to fell from sky and the exploded missile was actually burnt with wreckage . And it wasn't dispatch from hardpoint .all 4 missiles were recovered from wreckage. Actually exploded missile is like that piece of AIM120bvr your airforce cheif showed that missiles shoot down SU30 mki and luckily fell in IOK both pilots we're burnt .
@@anshumanranjan2547 In operation#swiftretort
Mig21 downed by Jf17. Thunder block 2 Targeted with PL10 BVR and pilot captured #abhinonedone and SU 30mki of Indian airforce downed by f16 with Amraaam Aim120 BVR in IOK both pilots burnt with jet later showed involved in car accident not SU30 pilots .
#27feb2019
#teaisfabtastic
#paffalcons
#pakistanairforce
@@hamza-or3gb MiG 21 was shot but not the Su 30 MKI , For proof , the same aircraft with same number was shown and flown on Indian Air Force Day on 8 august 2019 because it evaded all the AMAARM .
I grew up in the path of Mig-21PFM variants (I recently learned that from Eduard's 1:48th scale model, before that I just knew they were Mig-21s) which flew out of the Krzesiny airbase in Poznan, Poland and buzzed my apartment building, sometimes daily. I lived on the 8th floor with a balcony pointing due east, so I had a magnificent view of the main radar at the airbase some 4km away, and could usually spot the Migs shortly after takeoff (through binoculars anyway). They always flew to the south of my building (which made sense at the neighborhood was on the south end of the city and a straight line from the landing strip sends aircraft going west in a line just south of there). At night they would be harder to spot, but the airbase would only turn on landing lights for a few seconds, so a sudden line would be seen as the shadow of the aircraft passed the lights, then everything would go dark. This repeated numerous times throughout the evening - a big fan of light on the horizon, the shadow like a clock hand moving counter clockwise, then dark again. These days Poland flies F-16s, which I can see any old day in the US where I currently live, but I always get excited when seeing a video about Migs since it reminds me of those days.
Anyone remember that coyote from Looney toones who used to strap himself to an ACME Rocket? Yep thats what this is.
In that case, the Roadrunner was either a Lightning or a Blackbird....
How can you respect something that can kill you?
I have very little respect for machines likely to kill me ( cars, fridges, anything heavy/complicated)
For something over 50 years old and commanded by a dedicated and focussed pilot?
Maximum respect.
My Lifetime favourite Fighter MiG 21.
B-52 over vietnam: *exist*
MIG-21: i am about to destroy this man's whole career
@Beh Meh to rice farmer
A strong numerical force of Mig-21s can be a huge threat, just doing bombing runs is enough, they are also cheaper to build than it is to shoot them down with expensive missiles but they are too big a threat to leave be. It's like a glass shard, it's quite damaging, easy to break but trying to break it may result in you cutting your hand. In a war of attrition, Mig-21's might just be valuable enough to bring back to production or to refurbish decommissioned ones.
Mig:- exists.
Pakistani pilot:- heavy breathing+sweating. 😁
And then they shoot it down... give the pilot a cup of tea and send him back..
@@Hamza-fr1gj later another pilot commits suicide out of guilt and forgets to eject.
@@SS-hw1ou And another pilot shoot down an Su30 and in panic and total confusion they shoot down their own helicopter, and as an exit strategy and calm their masses a lie of f16 shot down had to be fabricated, and get debunked even their favourite analyst Christian Fair.
@@snd9826 itna excitement
PAF itna acha hota toh hum 50km andhar ghuske bomb fekne na mouka nahi milta.
Par humne bomb feka aur PAF tweet karte rhe gaya
@@SS-hw1ou Yes you got the chance to drop your pay load that is what all aircrafts do to escape in hurry, remember your same beloved Christian Fair told you that also, confirming only ordinance landed and no building was hit and Reuters debunked IAF claim.
Mig 21 bis shot down F 16 Hahaha😂👌
its a flying tank, most badass fighter jet, Indian air force uses the upgraded Bison variant that shot down F16 recently, it's strong, simple, fast and very very accurate. my dad use to work in a service department in Indian air force, he use to say that mig 21 is like a modern lego, you can assemble and dis-assmble easily any components, and it's a great platform for all types of weapons. it can even be equiped with heavy canons to shoot tanks, that IAF pilots have already done during Bangladesh War, my dad says Mig chnged the game in Bangladesh liberation war.
Just correcting a few mistakes in the video: Mig 21 was not super maneuverable, the internal cannon was dual 23 mm- never carried 30 mm, was designed as interceptor, and adopted fighter role later only because advances in nuclear ballistic missiles rendered nuclear bombers obsolete. It was not designed for dogfight, but for Mach 2+ speed- that`s why it has delta wings. The plane was not of air superiority concept. No offence, just I know about Mig 21 a lot so why not to share the knowledge.
Some call it flying cigar in India. To me it looks like a missile with a pilot fastened to it. It's design is sexy... aggressive and it's obvious from the design that it will fly fast...very fast. It's more of a rocket and less an aircraft
Mig 21 also killed a grumman f 14 tomcat in Iran Iraq war.
and how many of the flying buckets were killed by F4 and F14?? almost 100 . forget about the rubbish its only a little more advance than flying carpet.
Javid Man LoL . USA have air superiority in Iraq sky , and he still lost F-14 XD WELL , i don’t know how .
Fun fact ! In Vietnam Mig’s killed 4 100 different aircrafts . It’s 3 plane per day !
USA army can destroy village in desert , but real army its invincible target for them . Vietnamese proved it .
@@javidman1017 forgot Scott speicher, who was killed by the foxbat in his F 18 hornet.
@@javidman1017 see US aircraft losses in Vietnam and compare it to the migs.
Singularly great aircraft,however the full internal fuel load was not usable,as it changed the centre of gravity too far and the jet became unusable.Very short legs,(even more so than the EE Lightning) ,poor rear view by western standards,small air to ground load.Most of which has been mitigated over the years, a real sport car of a jet. Deserves its longevity.
Really enjoy are videos.... Can you make a Av8b video?
Quite intrigued why the MiG-21 remained while the F-104 fell by the wayside when both have same design aspect with a jet engine with wings
Because the Starfighter was american junk, literally a flying coffin. It killed more friendly pilots than the enemy.
The F 104 was too much of the short range manned interceptor thing. The Mig 21 and the Mirage III were both short range interceptors but at least they could dogfight and had reasonable flying charactaristics for their time. The F 104 was literaly a manned misile. When they bought it, the US export clients wanted it to be a multirrole with ground attack and dogfighting in the menu. It was not to be.
Turn them into drones, that will be interesting to see.
The Gripen could be a long lasting and cost-effective plane into the future.
5:30 only the Early Variants Up Untill the MiG-21 PFM were Equipped with One or Two NR-30, 30mm cannon(s). Later Variants, including the PFM were equipped with GSh-23, 23mm cannons
In fact, the Mig 21 F and F 13 had 30mm cannons. The PF, and PFL were missile only and the PFM , M, MF; SMT, and Bis had 23mm cannons.
@@ricardosoto5770 well, the MiG-21 F and F-13 were early variants, so yeah, they were equipped with NR-30s.
@@yurisv7315 Im just reading a book on Soviet/ R Russian fighters I just ended the chapter on first gen soviet fighters and now Im going into the Mig 21... And I just read a book on Vietnamese Mig 21 aces.
The original Tie-fighter!
In 1967, a primary reason why the Israelis were so successful against the MiG-21 was because the Mossad encouraged an Iraqi Assyrian/Christian pilot (Captain Munir Redfa) to defect along with a brand new, state of the art MiG-21F in 1965/66. The Israelis practised against that MiG-21 and a year later in 1967, they were very prepared.
In 1973, it was a different story. The Israelis had advanced avionics and better radar with AWACS which boosted the electronic signature of the Syrians MiG-21 which weren't equipped with radar warning systems so we shot out of the sky. That said, it's also about skill. The Arabs aren't good pilots. It was actually the Pakistani and Bengali pilots that were seconded to the Syrians and Jordanians who were successful in shooting down the majority of Israelis.
I call it the pencil of death, you can see y ^-^
The modern equivalent of a Klingon Bird of Prey.
I bet in the future we'll have spaceship mig-21s
First flight was in 1956
MIG 21, the AK47 of the sky.
More like flying coffin
@@Hamza-fr1gj you will be in the coffin if don't watch out for it
@John Doe Especially when it shoots down F16
@@djonga9938 Point to evidence of that happening. Did anyone find the wreckage? Nope. Nothing. How convenient for India. The pictures being thrown around are ones from models that Pakistan never used.
That title belongs to MiG-15, 18,000+ were made.
Vietnamese here. The first version of MiG-21 provided to VPAF is of PF variant, which do not include a gun. This and the fact that MiG-21 have worst turn rate than MiG-17 make it unpopular among the pilot of the 921FR which first deploy the type. For the first years the MiG-21 suffer many losses and was ground for upgrade to PFM standard which have better radar for night engagement, include of GSh-23; also better tactic was developed, as at first more experienced pilot was used to turn based engagement in MiG-17. The boom and zoom energy based tactic was more suitable to the MiG-21 speed. Finally another innovation was engagement from 2nd wingman (idk how to translate the term from vietnamese): The lead turn in to engage the enemy while the wingman maintain higher state of energy; as the enemy commit the lead disengage (he's actually a bait) and the wingman swoop in to take down. Ace pilot Nguyen Van Coc was credited with developing this tactic and score 7 of his 9 kills in this manner.
Edit: i got to go back and clarify one thing: the first ones that VPAF have are indeed PF variant, which do not have a gun. Later on they have to downgrade to F13 standard which include a 23mm cannon, not by upgrading to PFM. That come much later
@APCOPILOT My friend I am not much in to political debate, especially I'm much younger generation, and the current landscape require major partnership across the Pacific. The American sure did underestimate their opponents and pay dearly, but let bygone be bygone, we don't hold (much) grudge. I'm way more interested in technical and hardware than actually using them, like Mat here.
Edit Atlantic-> Pacific. Should not comment while you're sleepy ha ha
The war cost us dearly too, and we, well me at least do not wish dead upon anyone
Same method 'bait' you described was used by Americans during WW II in pacific.
@APCOPILOT Quoting the Nazis, classy.
Vietnamese pilots went from bicycles to supersonic jets!! Much respect
If you do not respect your opponent's fighting equipment and his ability to use it, you are destined to fail.
Know thine enemy
Exactly, if you're so arrogant that you believe your opponent is not worth your respect you're going to get a nasty surprise when you see what he can do
all i remember is seeing that quote every time i died in MW2 nearly 10 years ago
amarendra singh What? You talkin about Russia?
@@amarendrasingh11s Yeah, russia sent us a plane full of supplies. But what that has to do with the soviet union, communist vietnam and 60 years ago I dont know.
If the MiG-21 is operational until 2029, it will be older than the USSR was.
It will happen for sure unless the world ends in this damned 2020
USSR never left
The T-54/55's alredy surpassed it :D
I am India from and think so Indian airforce will Retire this in 2024
It won't be ,by 2025 the lancer will be replaced with f16s and f35s
5:47 *A relatively cheap, cost-effective, efficient, cheap & compact fighter would run circles around the behemoth the Navy had spent decades trying to perfect*
F-35 vibes anyone?
No, it's 2020
Actually the situation if the reverse, the F 4 was a naval interceptor that somehow was forced into the Us Air Force, who not really liked it. Because it was not a air superiority fighter, and the F 35 was a Air Force proyect who was forced into the Us Navy who wanted more range and less stealth, and Marines who wanted a superharrier, in one of those moments of "jointness" that afect the US defense procurement. The results of those one size fits all solution is often very costly. McNamara was one of those believers on jointness. And the results were very expensive jack of all trades, masters of nothing. Most of the problems with the F 35 have been in the Marines and Navy versions.
People won't believe if they saw the cockpit of IAF MiG 21 full of digital display and electronics.
@@SS-hw1ou Yes, a full glass cockpit and HOTAS. The Bison has 4 gen avionics.
Lel
One of my earliest memories is seeing a Finnish MiG-21bis take off, since my dad used to bike to a nearby airbase with me in the back seat.
Got to see a Romanian LanceR a few years ago and think I can still feel that afterburner vibrating my chest cavity... Really looks like a missile with that huge flame blasting from the rear!
Probably the last flying MiG-21 I'll ever get to see, unfortunately.
My das flies the Mig 21 Bis and the su 30 Mki and the earliest memory i have is a mig 21 flying beside an il 76
Just come to croatia, our airforce uses mostly migs
@A P Finalnd needs long range AA missiles instead. Russian know were our air bases are + auxiliary air fields. Ration in fighters today is the same as it was back in 1940s
so no we cannot compete in numbers game and more importantly our defense lack depth.
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10:00 -- Long, long ago, when I was still a child, I hated the AK-47. It was the "weapon of the enemy", and deserving, in my child-mind, of all the hatred I thought that I could muster.....Now that I am an adult, my only real questions are: _How much does it cost,_ and _What does its maintenance cycle look like?_ -- It's never the tool. It's the ideas behind the finger pulling the trigger, that matter.
The AK-47 has given the western world a run for their money
Sounds like propaganda at work
its a mix of the two. we all know there are bad weapons out there
@@pele220 no weapon is inherintly bad. The weapon system doesnt kill without being triggered by a human operator. Nobody would make a wepaon that kills on its own justification
TheWorldEnd2 There are definitely weapons systems that are inherently bad, for example ones that use unstable munitions that can detonate without even pulling a trigger
I always liked this design. Like strapping yourself to a rocketship with wings
Its literally a crotch-rocket lol
The Germans kinda did it first with the Me-163 Komet. Its not an engine but rather a literal rocket with wings and a cockpit.
@@MazterHuntR Japanese did it but you couldn't leave the rocket
You just BANZAI into whatever you hit
Just like the eel
F-104: "what about meeeee??"
You see Ivan we put a wing and cockpit on a rocket then baam we have fighter jet
Ahh yes, the hilux of the sky.
and now
remove the wings
These aircraft are still carrying out air strikes on ISIS and Al Qaeda in Syria on a nearly daily basis.
It may not be up to modern air to air combat standards but it can still carry out vital aerial services. Quite well too.
Great video, Matt.
I’m really glad you covered this enduring aircraft.
No of course there still contributing in the fight against the Syrian people, and keeping Bashar in power.
@@aibo13 Fuck off with that propaganda bullshit, the Syrian army is fighting the US / Israeli backed ISIS cells.
How can you be so detached from reality after all this time and *still* think the Syrian military is fighting the Syrian 'people'? Seriously, fuck right off.
Malus Ferox
I couldn’t have said it better myself
@@Malvictis Cuz he is an ,,american patriot" and such a man will belive everything that his gov say...if not,he is not a good american
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“In the hands of a good pilot, versus the F-4, the MiG-21 wins every time”
Capt Robert “Catfish” Sheffield,
former F-4 pilot and member of the Red Eagles test and evaluation squadron
Yeah, I've always said it's the man in the cockpit that is the key. Put an experienced knowledgeable pilot in there and you got a formidable fighting machine. A know nothing rookie, and all you got is something for target practice. Like a guy with a knife. I could have the biggest baddest knife on the planet. My opponent, nothing more than a flick knife. But if my opponent knows how to fight with a knife with every trick in the book and all I know is what I've seen on the telly, somehow, I don't think I'm going to walk away in one piece. And he probably will.
Sheffield also said, all thing being equal, the "F-5E Tigershark" would beat the MiG-21. _"The MiG-21 had better low-speed nose authority, but the F-5E sustained energy just a little bit better. If you had put a clone of me in the F-5E, and another in the Fishbed Cs [and] Es that we flew, the F-5E would probably win most of the time, but only by a very slight margin."_
In all of the Vietnam war... *less than 80 U.S. planes were brought down by strictly air-to-air combat,* the vast, VAST majority were shot down using surface-to-air missiles. And, when I say "shot down by air-to-air", that's of EVERY TYPE of plane, not just the F-4. The plane the MiG-21 was sent to shoot down most was the F-104 Thunderchief (the plane doing the most damage to Vietnamese infrastructure and war-fighting facilities). *In air-to-air combat with the F-4 Phantom exclusively... the MiG-21 scored LESS than 5 kills* and, as previously mentioned, the winning tactic was to entice a single F-4 into chasing what appeared to be a slow moving MiG-21, only to discover that it was actually three MiG-21's, two of which were high above with maximized energy (something F-4 fighter pilots learned to NOT DO very, very quickly).
In fact, the VERY FIRST air-to-air use of the F-4, was to mimic a squadron of F-104's in order to ambush a squadron of MiG-21's (or any MiGs sent up for that matter, but it turned out to be the MiG-21s that were sent). The F-4s ambushed 7 *(SEVEN)* MiG-21s and shot every... single... one of them down, without suffering a single loss to any of the U.S. F-4s. Contrary to the deluded fantasy of MiG-21 fanboys around the world, *the Mig-21 was NOT the "Phantom Killer" they believe it to be,* and the F-4 was a very formidable fighter against the MiG-21, with virtually every advantage (especially after such fixes as adding a gun-pod, improved tactics by way of training such as Top-Gun, and improved missile assembly and maintenance). The Vietnamese learned very quickly not to take on an F-4 in a one-on-on situation, and eventually, they tried to save their MiGs from engaging fighter escorted bombers entirely, preferring the use of surface-to-air missile batteries, which were much more effective, both in kill ratios and in cost savings.
@@thebonesaw..4634 In war there are a myriad of factors that would affect performance of an aircraft type but you can't evaluate the abilities of a certain aircraft until you isolate all of these factors that you ignored like numerical superiority, technological superiority of supporting elements and last but not least pilot training.Many VPAF pilots flew MiGs straight out of basic training and went to fight with minimal experience.That's the very reason that the Red Eagles squadron was formed. To get a firsthand experience with enemy aircraft without the influence of the "fog of war".
Whereas the F-4 could perform many mission types that the Fishbed couldn't, in a close distance 1vs1 scenario between equally skilled pilots the MiG-21 had the advantage with its superior turrning ability and that is something that people responsible for the lives of US pilots like Sheffield knew and made their best to transmit this knowledge to their colleagues.
@@thebonesaw..4634 And that is how the americans lost the Vietnam war... wait what?
@@mecenario7 -- I think I've given you the wrong impression about me, but if you want to play that game... fine.
You can in fact; ascertain certain abilities of certain aircraft (especially shortcomings) and apply that which is necessary to get the absolute most out of the platform. If their plane is - say - better below 20,000 feet, climbs or dives faster and has a better turning radius, you counter that in order to deprive your adversary of those advantages. Almost every dogfight comes down to how well trained the pilots are in each plane, not just in tactics, but in understanding the strengths and weaknesses of their own craft and their enemy's. All this dickwaving about - _"Well, if you put this [name of super-duper pilot] into this [name of plane] and had them go into an engagement where they have all the advantages, and then you got the other [equally trained, super-duper pilot] and put him in [name of different plane] and then forced him to engage in a scenario he probably would have been smart enough to avoid... Well... then you'd see!"_ - is an exercise in futility. It's pointless. I simply do not get all the fanboy bullshit about this plane. *The MiG-21 is the Boba Fett of fighter jets... it looks cool, but it hasn't done all that much and, as time has gone by is really more of a danger to itself...* and the pilots who fly it... and innocent civilians on the ground. Why air forces around the world insist on keeping this piece of shit in their inventory is beyond me. As an example of what I'm talking about, let's just stick with India... Do you want to take a guess as to which plane India's MiG-21s have scored the most kills?
It's the MiG-21... but it's not another nation's MiG-21s the IAF is bringing down... *...it's their own MiG-21s.*
India has more experience with the MiG-21 than any other nation (more than even the Russians). India also has had the largest inventory of these MiGs, over 1,200 of them since 1963. And in all that time the biggest thing they've learned about them is... the MiG-21 simply cannot wait to jump into the Sarlacc pit. The MiG-21 is the most accident prone jet in India's inventory and are referred to as the "flying coffin" and/or the "widow maker". Between 1966 and 2012, India suffered 482 MiG-21 losses, which is more than half of its operational fleet of 840 during the same time period. Between 1971s and 2012 the IAF lost an average of 12 per year, so these losses haven't only recently started to become a problem, the issue has surrounded the plane since the very beginning. And it's not just an issue that India is having with their air force as a whole because, compared to other aircraft in India's inventory, the MiG-21 losses are off the charts. Nor have these losses solely come down to human error, several of them have included, as the Indians say.. _"technical deficits"._ Worse still, is the huge loss of life surrounding these accidents... 171 pilots and 40 civilians have lost their lives due to these accidents.
So, if you ever find yourself engaged in a war with India, the best way to take on the IAF's MiG-21s is to simply leave it alone for awhile and let it kill itself.
www.news18.com/news/india/frequent-crashes-obsolete-technology-downhill-road-for-mig-21-indias-flying-coffin-2053117.html
Ah, yes, the jet version of the AK-47
Why do I see you everytime, Exeter? 😂😂😂
Basically.
The 225677th Fragment of the Man-Emperor of Mankind
Say what?
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I love the Mig-21. It kinda looks like a lawn dart, but I love it. It was the first aircraft module I picked up for DCS, despite the fact it's a bit of a pain to fly. The gear is easily damaged on take-off. Can't fly inverted for more than a few seconds or you'll fuel-starve the engine. It's pretty easy to get a compressor stall if you're not careful. The line between too fast and falling out of the sky during landings is pretty thing. But it is just a fantastic plane to fly once you get everything down. And I did like the multiplayer bug where your wingman would be flying next to you with chocks, a ladder, and a fire extinguisher floating neatly arranged around him, lol.
That fuel starvation killed many pilots.
Last time I was this early, B-52 still being shoot down
Just kidding but the MiG-21 will always have a special place in the heart of Vietnamese. The silver sparrow is one of a kind
@Richard McCaig Yes, good kitchenware material
(Sigh) Great, now I'm having Vietnam War Flashbacks....
@@VuLamDang , and plenty of human body parts.
@Richard McCaig we have a lake here in Ha Noi where a B52 was shoot down back in the 70s, and that thing is still there to this day as a memorial, lol
How could you forget what happened on Feb 27, 2019, in Kashmir
The AK-47 of the sky.
Awesome video man. One of my favorite planes of all time.
(And looks like I'm not the only admirer of this beast).
The is a MiG-21 on outdoor display at the Royal Canadian Air Force Museum at Trenton. I knew a gent from Czechoslovakia who flew MiG-21's many years ago, and his eyes always lit up when he talked about this aircraft. This is one seriously bad-ass aircraft. IMO this is still a viable platform in a scenario where the users of the MiG-21 are acting as interceptors against an enemy seeking to establish air control. A long as any exist in hardened shelters, the opposition will be shy about sending in anything that is "soft". Sometimes a successful military action is not measured by how many you kill, but if you denied the enemy the ability to operate effectively or to a schedule. Pity the F-35 that falls victim to a visual contact by any MiG-21 pilot.
Unfortunately, it does not have suitably long-range AAMs; the Russian models that are normally used are really dated, and suspected to be lesser range than their rated range.
@@indrajitgupta3280 I agree that the MiG-21 is not capable of BVR combat. But my scenario was pure point defense controlled by the ground, which is what the MiG was designed for.
@@davidkillens8143 You are right, of course, and the point defence role under ground control is the ideal scenario for the plane. Perfectly correct.
Just to underline the way things fall apart in actual combat, last year, MiG 21s scrambled to send off a detachment of PAF JF-17s (with F-16s flying cover within Pakistani territory) were supposed to operate under ground control. One young pilot got carried away, disobeyed/disregarded his ground controller, strayed over the border on the ground, fired off his missiles at the F-16s, and was himself shot down over hostile territory.
Nothing to do with your analysis, just an illustration of how the clearest SOPs can break down in practice.
@@indrajitgupta3280 We agree on all major points, but there may be confusion because a few lines of text cannot carry a full message and explanation.
@@davidkillens8143 True enough, big man. RUclips comments are a horrible place to have any kind of serious discussion. I look forward to reading your future posts.
Mig 21 Bison shot down a F16 over Pakistan in 2019
LOL....Only Indians believe that joke
@@alphaandomega1275 Ask that to the CMH pilot 🤣🤣🤣
@@thehero2817 , don't need to ask, there was no proof of what India claimed ....LOLOLOLOLOL
@@alphaandomega1275 hahhaha really??? We have got ample proofs :
●AWACS Images of F16 Track Vanishing
● Radar Signatures and situational awareness picture
● Tweet history of DG ISPR
●Radio Intercepts of Pak Army and Observations from Indian Army posts at LoC.
●Debris of AIM 120D AMRAAM missile dodged by Su-30 MKI which can only be fired by F16 .
You can Google all these FACTS AND PROOFS
,@@thehero2817 , COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGES of so called Radar signatures 45 days after the incident ??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHA
On 27th of Feb 2019 during a dog fight an Indian Air Force's MIG 21 Bison shot down a Pak Air Force F16 out of the sky killing pilots of Pakistan accepted by their ISPR in a Press conference later they hided it wreckage same like they were hiding Osama bin Laden.
10:00 this the same reason I still read on military technology. I respect the engineering behind these tech, not because I like killing people or I like war .
A legend in its own right. Owned the skies of the Indian Subcontinent in the 1971 war ensuring Indian Victory and creation of Bangladesh. Even in 2019, managed (in a heavily modified Bison version) to rack a Kill on F16A of PAF although was subsequently itself shot down duting recent Indo-Pak skirmish.
Lmao... F16 kill 🤣🤣... with what ? All the missiles on Mig21 were intact and not fired
And 1971 war it operated mostly in East Pakistan....
@@Hamza-fr1gj still it was Pakistan.
@@Hamza-fr1gj dummies bought if ebay or amazon are not missiles. Why have a blurred photograph of the missiles released months later. Just as your ISPR and PM claiming three pilots. 😶
IAF tried to convince famous india lover Christian Fair this f16 story and she called them liar and denied they ever shot an f16. Truth is on that day a bison and an Su30 was shot down and an mi17 searching for Su30 crew in IOK, was shot by India in sheer panic and confusion created by loss of two aircrafts in few minutes.
Loads up Ace Combat 7, MiG-21 with MGPs: *WE FIGHT LIKE MEN NOW*
In Poland its nickname is "pencil", great aircraft :)
John Smith In Russia it’s nickname is “Balalaika” , and yep it’s greatest aircraft :)
Even with today's advancements it has an excellent rate of climb.
The older I get the more I can admire what the Soviets were able to design and manufacture given that their economy was so small. Yeah they were behind us but as with the mig 21 they built stuff that would just last, of course they had their mig 23s too.
I agree with you. I admire their design philosophy regarding their platform's upgradability. My favorite variant of this aircraft is MiG-21-97 equipped with modern engines and avionics of 4+ gen fighter aircraft.
Easy to do when you control the entire economy and can divert resources at will.
Interestingly enough, the US design process was like the Soviet economy while the Soviet's was like the US economy. US government mandated a piece of materiel with certain features, companies worked with govt. agencies to develop a prototype then a contract was awarded to build the final product to the lowest bidder. Several bidders if the demand was pressing enough. And the corruption...
Meanwhile, the USSR had design bureaus directly competing with eachother.
That's how the USSR got so good at designing tanks, planes and small arms.
not really always behind nor in every area.Heard of T-64,for example?But if we are talking about aircrafts,then there was magnificent Su-24(especially its ground mapping and planning,with automatic piloting while flying low to the ground),Tu-22,Tu-95 carried cruise missiles over a decade before B-52H,M-4(thou it was too expensive for their taste and did not fill the requirements needed of a true intercontinental strategic bomber),Su-15 was quite advance as well,MiG-25(which,like later versions of Su-15,could literally turn on auto-piloting to the the target,target could be painted by the ground base and all it took was pressing a trigger),MiG-31 with its integrated network and insane radar range and the list goes on.
@Richard McCaig ahaha who told you that? That is utter bullsh!t ! The only starvation years outside of WWII was from WWI to early 30s and literally had nothing to do with that,but rather absolute horrible management and political fighting(With lack of control from the top) from local to regional level.Just a little info for you.
I really love to see that a lot of the footage shows MiG-21s bearing the insignia of the East-German Air Force. They had about 250 of them and it was their most widely used aircraft.
Had the Mig 21MF.
47 F-7/BG/BG1 still in service with Bangladesh Air Force.
In 2019 F 16 was shot down by Indian Mig 21 bison.
In dreams. indians dreams a lot. Ha ha ha...
Pakistan will cry we never used f 16 .on that fatal day.
@@farhanali-xd8kf the biggest joke is till now Pakistan doesn't reveal the 2 and the 3 pilot..
They shown only 1 pilot Abinandhan..
They doesn't Reveal the f16 2 and 3 pilot ..
Asif Ghafoor and pm.Imran have said in media they captured 3 indian pilot..
At last 3 became 1 ..
Balance 2 is Pakistani jokers from f16 ..
@@rajkumar.n.r.d5736 2 pilots of SU 30 killed and 1 abhinonedone
In which movie mig21 shoot down f16 without firing single missile.? May be a lasers technology even can down F22
66 Years of operation would mean that a spitfire would have been in service (and taking part in sorties) in 2002 (or even 2004 if you take the year of introduction vs. maiden flight).
Fun fact in Vietnam it is called the silver sparrow
The flying bias missile, ah yes
"no views" "30 seconds ago" :O
I’ve never really bought the idea that the era of dogfighting is over, mainly due to how expensive this new tech Is to produce, meaning that in the future it’ll probably be cost effective to simply flood enemy airspace with cheap fighters. This’ll mean that inevitably some fighters will make it through and will dogfight the more expensive fighters that would’ve spent their long rage missiles
Also when they make countermeasures against stealth and long range aam fighters will fight at close range again
The ability for the 21 to remain in service nearly 70 years later is a testament to its engineering. She is the iconic aircraft.
Soon, I will be older than the Soviet Union.
Being an aspirant for the India airforce..I have lot of respect for this aircraft....it has served very well with our Airforce of India...and every pilot in the Airforce loves it as because of its legacy in the past decades.... upgrading it to new mig-21"bison" standard have increased its life and operational capabilities with new avionics and array of modern weapons.....what a piece of machine ❤️
Generations of pilots have trained in this aircraft only....
Why is it still in use? They built alot, cheap, speed is sexy, and the countries using it don't need more sophisticated aircraft
@Real Napster when designed stealth wasn't even an idea, in the modern context. Mig 21 was built to the quantity over quality philosophy. The engines have nowhere near the durability of western peer aircraft.
If you look at the performance of Mig 21 in the Indo pak war of 1971, u wldnt be surprised to know that Indian air force, downed pakistani F 4's with their migs, and very recently a mig 21 downed a pakistani F16, though its debated by pakistani side, its R73 short range missile is very deadly when in range.
That plane, is basically AK 47 with the wings.
old is gold, amazing fighter jet it also uses one R 25 engine, it's available in many types lick MiG 21 Type 96, MiG 21 PFL Fishbed ,
MiG 21 MF, MiG 21 Bison and many more.
killed an f-16 in a dog fight.
In which movie mig21 shoot down f16 without firing single missile.? May be a lasers technology even can down F22
@@hamza-or3gb in sherdil go check it out pakistani.
MiG21 is called the Flying Coffins in the Indian Air force. That's coz in the 90s there were acute shortages of parts. Last year one Indian mig21 bison intercepted a Pakistani F-16 and was able to shoot down the F-16! It was also shot down though.
Might not be planes so much as skill or lack thereof in the pilots.
The Indian Bison up-grade of the MIG 21 recently shot down an F16. While the Bison can do this , in most cases the F16 outclasses it. Not shabby for a 66 yr old plane.
Good military equipment saves more lives than it takes by keeping each world leader behind their own borders.
Few are still in reserve with the Russian Air Force: Likely in the Mig.21-93 variant...
The AK of aircrafts ;)
Real nice vid Mat, but I dont think a MiG 21 should be called a "strategic bomber" per say. Yes it was used and is still used in a secondary ground attack role but it doesnt have the payload capacity nor the loiter times and the range to classify it as a strategic bomber. I think the word you are looking for is a tactical ground attack aircraft, although it is poorly suited to that role as well due to its poor handling at low speeds and comparitively high stall speed. Anyways, still a good video
Heard Canada at one point actually bought 30 of these, remained cf-121. Heard an interview from a Phatom driver ( F-4 ) during the Nam years who said had he been able to take a dozen pilots with him and fly the Fishbed, they could have done much more damage to the US aircraft. Must have been one hell of an aircraft....
... Respect your Enemy and their capabilities ... (You'll live longer and stand a chance of winning the fight) ...
Hey Mat.. do a video about the korean FA-50 jets :-)
The F-4 was never designed for low-to-medium speed turnfights with other fighters. It was designed for one simple task: take off from a carrier carrying four AIM 7s and that heavy radar in the nose, climb up to altitude really quickly, and shoot those Sparrows at approaching Soviet bombers. It was a fleet defense interceptor. Not a dogfighter. The role it was pressed to in Vietnam (air superiority) was not its intended role. So of course the Mig 21 ran circles around it in a turning fight. The F-8 Crusader was the Navy's dogfighter, not the F-4.
Never thought I'd see the day where the MiG-21 would outlive the F4 Phantom, yet here we are. AFAIK all F4s have been retired worldwide. F4 was a far more capable platform IMO, yet here we are, the little Fishbed that could is still flying...
Iran, S.Korea and Turkey still have them.
@@DeNihility Iran was reportedly using them in 2014 but nothing official that I can find. S. Korea and Turkey have retired them. Japan was using them up until a year or two ago, it was a big deal when they were retired.
I was an engineer for F15's but my commanders where formaly F4 Phantom engineers they said that while they loved them!
and i even worked on one(mostly cleaning a non operational for public view for an event)
It was an intresting experience but i can see why it was replaced it was just overshadowed by better aircrafts...
@@DeadBaron Ah, so maybe just Iran then.
@@DeadBaron South Korea still have F4 but those are being replaced by the F-35
Nice episode.. Last year an Indian mig 21 bison took down a Pakistani f16 in one to one combat... The pilot was an ex su30 mki ace . The Pakistani pilot ejected but was unfortunately slain by villagers who mistook him for an indan...
Lmao... Yeah without even firing a missile right...??
Indian propaganda was shattered by international defence experts... No missile fired.. no wreckage of F16 found... all F16 accounted for but still indians blantly lie
Yes, and thank you. One of my favorite jets of the era.
This comment gave me Gundam Wing vibes
@@grimmerjxcts2206A classic as well Dunno how but ill Gladly take it.
The US military rules of engagement required visual identification. Eliminating the possibility of BVR engagements during the Vietnam war. The F4 was designed for BVR engagements.
That is under ideal circumtances.
They did it because FoF system of those missiles were too unreliable. The friendly fire chance was too high.
Also, even today missiles weren't as good as you believe in BVR combat. The 60-70 missiles were even worse.
Actually, F-4 was designed as a missile truck. The missiles would be able to handle all range. Remember that was the time people believe missile techs would be end all be all. Then it is discovered that the techs weren't mature enough to reach that height.
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Sky-Kalasnikovs .
MIG-21 is legendary
Hi Matsimus, thanks for the videos. I think the S. A. A. F shot down a couple of mig 21 planes during the Angolan border war. They were flying Mirage F1 fighters.
MIG 21, the AK47 of the sky.
6:32 Modern day fighters are really not designed to be placed in dogfights anymore.
*Laughs in India while integrating 110km range beyond visual range missiles on to MiG 21Bison*
@Richard McCaigYes.
@Richard McCaig that's the thing he isn't
Ask any USAF guy who flew in Cope India 2004.
@Richard McCaig nope. The IAF totally did this. Digital fly-by-wire & PESA radar with widescreen LCD displays & helmet mounted HUD & missile queing system. With R-37, R-77 & Astra BVRAAM integration.
On a fuckin MiG 21. 😂
@@arkadeepkundu4729 I think you mean R73 not R37
@@chaitanyasingh3258 Yes. My mistake. R-37 is the very long range one on the Sukhois. R-73 the short range IR seeker, R-77 the medium range RF seeker & the Astra BVRAAM.
Are you not gonna even mention Finland, a capitalist country getting mig-21 fighters before the warsaw pact countries got them. Still liked the video.
I got a shout out from Matsimus! 🤣🤣
And yes, I've seen Thunderbirds, and yes, I'm 24. THUNDERBIRD 3 IS THE BEST!
I always thought the MiG-21 was a beautiful plane, even if I wasn't a fan of most of the forces that used it.
LITERALLY JUST GOT IT IN WT, THANKS!❤️
F-13? MF? SMT?
Yuri SV f-13
@@foxlightwt Watch out for it mate, get the engine performance mods first, it will make it increase it's acceleration to a godly level. It is a nimble aircraft, and it's cannon has good balistics. Use that towards your advantage. Once you reach the SMT you will feel the lack of Maneuverability.
Yuri SV thanks for the tips, friend! Ill keep them in mind. What about its rockets? Any tips for the r3-s?
im an vietnamese and i feel very proud of what we have done with the mig 21 and mig 17
On 27th of Feb 2019 during a dog fight an Indian Air Force Mig 21 Bison shot a Pak Air Force F16 out of the sky, and eventually was shot down by a SAM
Shot down a F16 of PAF in 2019 Kudos to Abhinandan Vartaman
@@vk3655 it actually did, the Indian Air force has proofs, also this incident was never denied by the pentagon itself..
Hard Knight you talk a lot about maneuverability, but not about electronics, avionics, fire control, or radar. The important factors for air to air combat. Not to mention that the Israelis’ F-16 shot down many Syrian MiG-21 without air to air loss.
Apologies. But India did not shoot down an F-16. There’s just no evidence or non-Indian source to correspond the shootdown.
@@kurousagi8155 electronic signatures, intercepted radio communications, the statements made by the Pakistan military on twitter and their prime minister changing his statement regarding the captured pilot(s), make it quite clear about the lost f-16 jet, Pakistani government generally lie about their loses in any kind of military confrontation at the beginning but truth eventually comes out, you can do some research about the 'kargil war', also IAF is highly respected worldwide and they won't lie about such an event, they have also confirmed that they have much more hard and strong data about the downed f-16 jet but and that would be revealed in a few years time(for the purpose of maintaining secrecy), till then this particular event would remain in dark.
Genetics G8 I doubt it. Electronic signatures can be easily forged. Without pieces of the actual F-16 aircraft, you need outside authentication if you want the shoot down to count. There is also no reason to hold any information about a F-16 shoot down secret since the Americans are offering the platform on sale to India. So that’s not believable either.
Source on the Pakistani prime minister’s statements on a supposed pilot shoot down? Non-Indian, Non-Russian source only. Preferably western or neutral aligned source.
@@kurousagi8155 ruclips.net/video/P6djMEhi9gI/видео.html
This dg ispr of Pakistan army speaking, at first he claimed 2 iaf pilots have been captured, the following day he claimed that only 1 IAF pilot has been captured.
10:55 - I know, you are saying that there are hundreds of variants (most likely dozens) but you could do some research aboiut it. If you are talking about GSh-23 on MiG-21 then it is GP-9 gunpod under fuselage in the place of drop tank for PF, PFL, PFM, FL, S vesions with 200 rounds. Than on M, SM versions and onvard it was hard mounted GS-23 under fuselage with 200 rounds. It wasnt upgraded to 30mm cannon, The 30 mm on side you are talking was on F-13 version on the right side, with 60 rounds, or on F version on both sides, 60 rounds each. J-7 have it somewhat different being developed from F-13 version. Oh, and there is also UPK-23-250 gunpod with GSh-23 (250 rounds).
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The F-4 Phantom: the world's #1 distributor of MiG parts
Lame over used joke. Also not even true.
@@AdamAdamHDL Are you disrespecting my boi the F-4? And of course it isn't true. That's how jokes work.
@@appleislander8536
I didn't mention the F4 at all, and I am not the one involving the F4 in a joke that you admit isn't true. You're the one disrespecting it if either of us are.
Just to further Shoot Down the assertion that joke makes... The mirage jet flown by the IDF scored more kills against migs than the F4 ever did,,,, aaaaand more F4s were shot down over Vietnam than all mig models used together (over 500 f4s lost in combat to 130 migs, 60 being mig-21).
So that joke is lame as fuck.
F-4 Phantom, also known as the most shot down aircraft of the war.
@@nikolaisaranin3824 Guess that's what happens when you're the most used
Mig 17, Mig 21 Vietnam shot down B 52, F4, F111 of American (during the American invasion war)
MiG-21 after shooting down F-16: "Call me LEGACY again..."
@@theodoremaximillios1797 All the evidence India is supposed to have has been presented i.e the Radar track vanishing as seen from the AEWACS. Beyond that it's upto pakistan to acknowledge the truth, as the debris & Data Recorder everything is in Pak territory.
Aaaaaaaand the mig-21 that supposedly shot the f-16 down was highly upgraded. It sure as hell wasnt a bis from the 1960’s
That's a made up story. Korean F4D shot down 3 mig 29 smts about 2 decades ago with aim4 falcon missiles as it had no gun
@@theodoremaximillios1797lol. Gay marriage empire supporter triggered.
Năm 1972mig 21 đã từng hạ đo ván pháo đài bay b52 của mỹ.tai bẳc việt nam.
"MiG-21 is basically a gigantic engine with a cockpit strapped to it."
I made a video about MiG-21 in Finland and I quoted that wisdom :-)