MINI HOBBY 1/144 plastic model kit Mig-21 with Y-Kraft Iraqi Air Force decals. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia MiG-21 MiG-21 Lancer C cropped.jpg Romanian MiG-21 Lancer-C in flight Role Fighter and interceptor aircraft National origin Soviet Union Design group Mikoyan-Gurevich First flight 16 June 1955 (Ye-4)[citation needed] Introduction 1959 (MiG-21F) Status In service Primary users Soviet Air Forces (historical) Indian Air Force Croatian Air Force Romanian Air Force Produced 1959?1985 Number built 11,496[1] (10,645 produced in the USSR, 840 in India, 194 in Czechoslovakia) Variants Chengdu J-7 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: ?????? ? ??????? ???-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; "O?owek", Polish for "pencil", due to the shape of its fuselage,[2] and "En B?c", meaning "silver swallow", in Vietnamese. Approximately 60 countries in 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). MINI HOBBY 1/144 plastic model kit Mig-21 with Iraqi decals. This kit is new with all parts sealed in their poly bags. A very fun kit to build, paint, put decals on, and display. Please see our other items, including our ceramics, a relatively new venture for us. Images sell! Get Supersized Images Free Image Hosting Attention Sellers - Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva.com. Track Page Views With Auctiva's Counter