On the 16th an Israeli aircraft is shot down in air combat, probably by a MiG-21.

The latter period is represented by a Hawker Hunter which flew at Duxford with No. 65 Squadron RAF, a Gloster Javelin, the type which made the last operational flight at Duxford in 1961, and by a Hungarian Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, a common Warsaw Pact jet fighter.

The weapon is used by the MiG-29, MiG-31, Su-27, Su-34 and Su-35, and can be carried by newer versions of the MiG-21, MiG-23, Sukhoi Su-24, and Su-25 aircraft.

The J-7E is a much improved design based on the original Soviet MiG-21.

The airport is home to the Romanian Air Force 95th Air Base, with one fighter regiment ( operating MiG-21 LanceR ) and a helicopter regiment ( operating IAR-330L ).

During that month, its intelligence services gathered information about sightings by ground observers of Russian-built MiG-21 fighters and Il-28 light bombers.

HAL also developed an advanced version of the MiG-21, known as MiG-21 Bison, which increased its life-span by more than 20 years.

By the late 1960s, the F-4 Phantom and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 which both used variants on tailed delta wings came to dominate front line air forces.

In mid-1984, Libyan military aid brought eight Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 jet fighters, along with two MiG-21U combat trainer versions.

These ex-Libyan Air Force MiG-21 ' Fishbed ' fighters were based in Ouagadougou, although they were actually operated by the Libyan Air Force on loan by Libya, and were removed in 1985 without seeing combat.

* 2002 – A military MiG-21 aircraft crashes into the Bank of Rajasthan in India, killing eight.

It was mainly Sukhoi Su-7, MiG-21 fighter jets, T-34 and Iosif Stalin tanks, SU-76 self-propelled guns, GAZ-69 4x4 light trucks of jeep class ( in many versions ), ZIL-157 military trucks, Katyusha multiple rocket launchers, and BTR-40 and BTR-152 armored personnel carriers.

It also had other modern fighter jets such as the MiG-15, MiG-21, MiG-17, and the ll-28.

The procession to his burial site began at the RCC headquarters with MiG-21 jet fighters flying overhead.

An air arm was 1, 000 strong with 21 MiG-21 and 10 MiG-17 combat aircraft.

From 1952 Mikoyan also designed missile systems to particularly suit his aircraft, such as the famous MiG-21.

However, compared to early air-superiority designs such as the F-100 or F-8, the massive Phantom nevertheless had enough raw twin-J79 power to prove adaptable as the preferred platform for tangling with agile MiG-17 and MiG-21 fighters over the skies of Vietnam, as well as replacing the US Air Force Convair F-102 Delta Dagger and Convair F-106 Delta Dart for continental interception duties and the Republic F-105 Thunderchief as a medium fighter-bomber.

These were followed by similar supersonic designs in the early 1960s, including the F-104 Starfighter and MiG-21 Fishbed.

An estimated 58 Soviet military personnel were killed and four to five Soviet piloted MiG-21 aircraft were shot down in aerial combat.

Two 64th Fighter Weapons Squadron F-5E Tiger IIs with a 4477th TEF MiG-17 ( leading ) and MiG-21 ( trailing ) in 1979.

Note the Tactical Air Command badge applied to the vertical fin of the MiG-21.

North Vietnamese attacks into the Plaine des Jarres were supported by an air cover of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 fighters, forcing a temporary withdrawal of the RLAF.

Between mid-June 17 and mid-October, 24 launching pads, 42 R-12 rockets, including six training ones, some 45 nuclear warheads, 42 Il-28 bombers, a fighter aircraft regiment ( 40 MiG-21 aircraft ), two Anti-Air Defense divisions, four mechanized infantry regiments, and other military units ( 47, 000 troops in total ) were transferred.

Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force F-4 Phantom IIs shoot down an Iraqi Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21.

As per them, the IAF's MiG-21, Hawker Hunter and Folland Gnat aircraft had better performance than the PAF's F-86 fighters.

This prepared them to mass produce derivatives of Soviet aircraft under license, starting with the J-5 ( MiG-17 ) in 1956, then the J-6 ( MiG-19 ) in 1959, and then the J-7 ( MiG-21 ) in 1967.

Some progress was made in aircraft design with the incorporation of Western avionics into the F-7 ( MiG-21 ) and F-8, the development of refueling capabilities for the B-6D bomber and the A-5 attack fighter, increased aircraft all-weather capabilities, and the production of the HQ-2J high-altitude surface-to-air missile and the C-601 air-to-ship missile.

Alabama is unofficially nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after the state bird.

Artemis is a ranged assassin and is nicknamed the Goddess of the Hunt.

The World Series, baseball's championship series which determines the champion of Major League Baseball for that season, is held in mid-to-late October ( sometimes spilling over into November to accommodate longer series ) and is nicknamed the " Fall Classic ".

The movie's title is from the nickname for the 41st Police Precinct in the South Bronx which was nicknamed " Fort Apache ".

The near-Earth minor planet ( 8176 ) _1991_WA in the Apollo group is nicknamed Booerhaave in his honor.

Brian Lara is popularly nicknamed as " The Prince of Port of Spain " or simply " The Prince ".

The British Rail " double arrow " logo is formed of two interlocked arrows showing the direction of travel on a double track railway and was nicknamed " the arrow of indecision ".< ref >

This bet is also nicknamed Big Red, since the 7 on its betting space on the layout is usually large and red, and it is considered bad luck and a breach of etiquette to speak the word " seven " at the table.

The city is now nicknamed Casa by many locals.

The final pandemic originated in 1961 in Indonesia and is marked by the emergence of a new strain, nicknamed El Tor, which still persists today in developing countries.

During the playoffs, Joe Louis Arena is generally adorned with a giant octopus with red eyes, nicknamed " Al " after Joe Louis Arena head ice manager Al Sobotka.

Eritrea has been nicknamed as the " North Korea of Africa ," and is among the harshest dictatorships in the world, where limitations on freedom of movement are extreme and punishments severe.

Such exploits are referred to as ' zero day exploits ' and to obtain access to such exploits is the primary desire of unskilled attackers, often nicknamed script kiddies.

Encyclopedia Brown is a series of books featuring the adventures of boy detective Leroy Brown, nicknamed " Encyclopedia " for his intelligence and range of knowledge.

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ).

For instance, the rat seen in the cellar was nicknamed " Señor Cojones " by the crew (" cojones " is Spanish slang for " testicles ").

He is listed in the Roman Martyrology as Beatus Ioannes Faesulanus, cognomento Angelicus —" Blessed Giovanni of Fiesole, nicknamed Angelico ".

The canal is nicknamed the " divorce ditch.

The Peninsular War ( nicknamed the Spanish Ulcer ), however, was regarded by Karl Marx, as one of the first national wars, is also significant for the emergence of large-scale guerrilla warfare.

The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League ( AFL ).