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—Soviet Union · 1959 (MiG-21F) · Reserve

MiG-21 Bison

Supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft.

MiG-21 — Photo via Wikimedia by Gojanovic123456789, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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About the Bison

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.

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