Aircraft Photo of 28 | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21U | Bulgaria - Air Force | AirHistory.net #171120
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:28
Aircraft Original Type:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
Aircraft Generic Type:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
Aircraft Version:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21U
C/n (msn):516999375
Operator Titles:Bulgaria - Air Force
Unit Markings:3 IAB
Location
City / Airport:Graf IgnatievoMap
Country:Bulgaria
Airport Codes:ICAO: LBPG   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:15 June 2015
Photo by:Stephan de Bruijn
Photo ID: 171120
Photo Comment

Some forty twin seat MiG-21U's were delivered to the Bulgarian Air Force. This, 28, was one of the very last operational MiG-21s with that air force. On 18 December 2015, Bulgaria ceased operations with the type. Bulgarian operations with the MiG-21 spanned 52 years, with 226 examples in ten variants fielded between 1963 and 1990. In total, some forty of these MiG-21s were written off.

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