Mig-21 era has come to an abrupt end today

Dino van Doorn

Dino van Doorn

Active Member
I was very lucky to catch these Mig-21 fighter before the abrubt end as of today !!

The message below was at Reuters news agency today:
"BUCHAREST, April 15 - NATO member Romania has grounded its remaining fleet of military MiG 21 LanceR jets as of Friday given their "considerably high accident rate", and will speed up a planned purchase of second-hand F-16s from Norway, the defence ministry said."

 
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StobieWan

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Staff member
I recall the story of one civilian operator in Florida who had a standing arrangement with ATC - he'd depart heading out to sea, take it supersonic, then immediately declare a fuel emergency and request landing clearance. That was a sobering commentary on the range of the beast :)
 
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T.C.P

Well-Known Member
Those of you who are sad about the Mig-21s retiring and all Mig-21 varriants dissapearing have no fear. Bangladesh Air Force hears you and is here to offer salvation. The BAF will fly the F-7s until 2050 at this point. I fully expect to hear the cries of misery of Chinese officials, when Bangladesh makes them reopen the the defunct production lines a second time in 2030 to order 16 new F-7BXIGAZAJNSL models.

Xi goes to bed in fear everynight, that he must spend milions ensuring that the mothballed production equipments are kept in functioning order, for when Bangladesh comes calling for more F-7s, China must answer.....
 
Ananda

Ananda

The Bunker Group
simpleflying.com

India Set To Retire Its Mig-21 Fleet In 2025 After 60 Years & 400 Crashes

After half of the fleet crashing over the years, the last of India's 40 MiG-21s are expected to retire in 2025.
simpleflying.com simpleflying.com

The biggest Mig 21 operators outside USSR will still operate them until next year. I put IAF as biggest operator outside USSR, as PLAAF operating mostly J-7, which not entirely Mig 21.

Don't forget North Korea, and DPRK consider even still fly older J-5 or Mig 17 derivative, potentially will fly Mig 21 longer. Unless the recent Putin and Kim agreement means they will get new Fighters from Russia.
 
Feanor

Feanor

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I don't think anyone can call the end of the MiG-21 era "abrupt". The type has been in service for decades, and out of production for a while.
 
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Masquerader

Member
The MiG-21 has been retired from service with the Ugandan Air Force.

With the Syrian Arab Air Force having been disbanded earlier this month and the Israeli Air Force destroyed most of the aircraft operated by the Syrian Arab Air Force, it is unclear if any of the MiG-21s captured by Syrian rebels were destroyed by the Israelis.

 
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