Interceptor / fighter ·First flight 1955 · In service 1959
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is the most-produced supersonic jet fighter in aviation history, with over eleven thousand built and service across sixty nations.
Small, cheap, fast and simple, its delta wing and lightweight airframe made it the Cold War's ubiquitous interceptor — and, upgraded again and again, some examples still fly today.
