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HISTORY
MiG-21M, 4th Fighter Squadron, Pardubice Air Base, Czechoslovakia, June, 1989
This aircraft was delivered to the Czechoslovak
People’s Army as an „M” version „a”, sometimes
written as MiG-21MA. During a midlife overhaul,
it was brought to ‘MF’ standard. This upgrade,
among other items, mounted the Tumansky R-13-
300 engine. The rendering of the woman and
the inscription came about at the beginning
of summer, 1989, when the 4th Fighter Squad-
ron was disbanded, and the aircraft was transfe-
rred to the 5th Fighter Squadron based at Line.
MiG-21Ms delivered to Czechoslovakia did not
receive a camouage scheme as such, and ew
either in overall silver or light grey colors.
The drawing and inscription on the front of this
aircraft appeared at the beginning of summer,
1989. At the time, the decommissioning of the
4th Fighter Squadron was taking place, which
was stationed in Pardubice. Despite a rather
unforgiving communist regime that did not en-
dorse the decorating of military equipment,
this artwork was applied to this machine with the
inscription ‘Pardubice 1989‘. After a short time,
the right side of the nose also received the insignia
of the user - the 4th slp., but it did not last long.
The leadership gured that the enemy behind
the Iron Curtain could deduce valuable informa-
tion about the identity of military establishments.
The decorated aircraft was transferred from
the decommissioned 4th slp. to the 5th slp.
After the breakup of Czechoslovakia, the air-
craft was assigned to the Slovak Air Force.
Author: Antonin Fidransky
Autor: Antonin Fidransky
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