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921 Fighter Regiment, Vietnamese People’s Army Air Force,
Noi Bai airfield, Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 1968
No. 7909, 11 Fighter Air Regiment, Czechoslovak Air Force, Žatec airfield,
Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, March 1991
Baurnal Higher Air Force School, Kamen na Obi/Slavgorod airbases,
the Soviet Union, ca 1988
This aircraft was flown by 921 Fighter Regiment
“Sao Do” (Red Star) in 1968. The first examples
of MiG-21PFM were delivered to this unit during
that year. Some sources say that this particular
aircraft was flown by Nguyen Van Coc, a fighter
ace credited with nine kills. The B&W photos of
this aircraft can be interpreted in several ways.
One of the theories says that green splotches
were sprayed on the upper sides. The splotches
were not sharp-edged, and the surrounding area
was also covered by the thin layer of the green
color. This gave this area light-green appearance.
The canopy frame and the antenna were left in
natural metal finish.
The No. 7909 MiG-21PFM was delivered to
Czechoslovakia on January 29, 1969. At the
beginning it was assigned to 9 slp (9th Fighter
Air Regiment); from April 1973 served with 1 slp.
From December 1982 onwards this aircraft was
flown by 11 slp. It was put out of operation in March
1991 and consequently flown to the disposal
site at the Vodochody airfield on March 20, 1991.
The coat of arms of Žatec town was painted on
the nose, the yellow band on the tail identified
the aircraft which was to be put out of operation.
The rest of the aircraft remained in natural metal
finish, which was a common practice regarding
this type.
Three-digit numbers were used for aircraft flown
by Air Force schools in Soviet Union. The White
105 served with Barnaul Highter Air Force School
in late 80ties. The exact Regiment that flew this
MiG is not known. It belonged either to 59 UAP
(59th Training Air Regiment) based in Kamen na
Obi AFB or to 96 UAP that used Slavgorod AFB
as its home. The colorful camouflage was applied
during the service in the school. Note the large
area of the brown camouflage color under the
white fuselage number, where the former two-
digit number used by the frontline unit, the
previous operator, was overpainted.
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