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Hobby Master 1/72 MiG 21R Polish AF 32nd Tactical Recce Regiment, Sochaczew AFB 1992 (HA0145)
Originally built by the Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union with a NATO
ickname Fishbed . No other jet has had as many planes produced as the Mig-21. Depending on
the reference source 8,000 13,000 planes of all versions were made in the Soviet Union,
under license to allied countries and China without license. At the time of it s
introduction into the Soviet Air Force service in 1959, it was exactly what they wanted. A
small, fast, agile, dependable and most importantly simple making it easy to turn out great
numbers of the plane. The skies of Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and Central America seemed
to be filled with thousands of the Mig- 21. Because of its relatively low cost since it was
heavily subsidized by the Soviets, it became the plane of choice for many third world
countries. Taking this into account this plane this plane has seen more wars then any other
modern day jet. The Mig-21 was used in front line service for over 30 years equaling that
of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. There were 5 generations of the plane in many
versions and each generation brought with it great improvements over its predecessors.
The Polish Air Force began using MiG-21Rs in 1968. Over the next 4 years they would receive 36 of these recon variants of the MiG-21. The main unit was the 32nd Tactical Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (32 Pulk Lotnictwa Rozpoznania Taktycznego) located at Sochaczew flew these aircraft from 1972 until they were disbanded in 1997. The aircraft were stripped of any recce equipment and re-armed and served as second string fighters until late 2000 when they were finally removed from service. The MiG-21R Fishbed H was third generation aircraft used as a tactical reconnaissance fighter. MiG-21R was equipped with a reconnaissance pod mounted on the fuselage centerline and radar warning receiver electronic countermeasures jamming pods mounted on the wingtips. Wing pylons could carry more recce equipments like Soviet type D and R containers and Polish Saturn photo containers. The four hard-points under the wings could carry also missiles, bombs, rocket launchers and fuel drop tanks. Polish Air Force had total 36 recce MiG-21Rs in service during 1968-2003 and only one was lost in 1987. Poland had total 581 MiG-21s in service. All MiG- 21Rs served with 32. Pulk Lotnictwa Rozpoznania Taktycznego (PLRT).
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Stock: Sorry, Sold Out (Website:0) (explain)
(Prod Ref #82955)
MRP: £34.99
Antics Price: £31.50
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