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Info Eduard - March 2011
HISTORY
MiG-21MF, Krasnodar Higher Military Academy at Kuscevskaya Aireld,
Soviet Union, 1979
This aircraft served in 1979 with the Krasno-
dar school facility was graced with the name
of General Sergey M. Stemenko, former Chief
of General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces.
This facility was responsible for training pi-
lots that were sent from countries that at the
time had close relations with the Soviet Union.
These nations included Iraq, Cuba, Angola,
Yemen and Vietnam.
Whether this aircraft is a MiG-21MF or SM
is uncertain. Suggesting the MF is the fact that
this unit trained foreign pilots. However, hinting
at an SM is the two-digit fuselage number ‘03’,
which could have meant that the bird was taken
over from a combat unit (training aircraft typica-
lly carried a three digit number).
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