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HISTORY
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not very agreeable to super-
sonic ight. Often, one such
ride into the wild blue yonder
was enough to kiss the sticker
goodbye.
The aircraft survived at the
28th sblop until its disban-
dment at the end of 1994.
After that, it was transferred
to the 43rd slt (Combat Fli-
ght), and in 1999, it found its
way to the 41st slt. The last
time that 5303 took to the air
was on February 12th, 1998.
It was then scheduled for de-
commissioning and storage
at the scrapping facility at
Prelouc. But, fate would step
in and smile on the aircraft.
In 2009, it was listed as mar-
ketable military material at
Montilingen, in Switzerland.
As a result, the supersonic
MiG-21 ghter numbered
5303, which for a time ca-