Foreign-built variants List of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 variants



mig 21 type 77 of indian air force landing.


the production of mig-21s in india under license hindustan aeronautics in nasik started mig-21fl in 1966 in 4 phases starting assembly of ckd kits, moving on subassemblies, parts, , advancing production scratch. 205 mig-21fls, designated type 77 , nicknamed trishul ( trident), built in india between 1966 , 1972; first 1 built entirely indian-made components delivered iaf on 19 october 1970, first indian-made r11f2s-300 powerplant leaving assembly line on 2 january 1969. in 1971 hal production switched improved version of mig-21m (izdeliye 96), designated type 88 hal; variant produced exclusively in india, no izdeliye designation applicable. first type 88 mig-21m delivered iaf on 14 february 1973 , last on 12 november 1981, total of 158 built. last variant produced hal mig-21bis. total of 75 built in 1977 ckd kits, , further 220 built scratch 1984. despite series of crashes during 1990s, indian air force has decided upgrade 125 of mig-21bis in inventory mig-21 bison standard. can serve until 2025. original mig-21 fl (mig-21 pf or type 77) retired in december 2013; remaining mig-21m aircraft (type 88) scheduled retired 2015.








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