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  • proper noun NATO code name for the Soviet MiG-21 aircraft.

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  • In this capacity, the F - 5E Tiger and F-5F (also known as Tiger II) aircraft are used to represent the much-feared Soviet MiG-21 "Fishbed" and Mig-23 "Flogger" fighters.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • The 37-year-old Russian MiG-21MF - codenamed "Fishbed" by NATO - was once used by the

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • II) aircraft are used to represent the much-feared Soviet MiG-21 "Fishbed" and Mig-23

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Its manufacturers hope it will replace old second-generation fighters such as the Northrop F-5 Tiger, the Dassault Mirage III/5, the Shenyang J-6, the MiG-21/F-7 Fishbed, and the Nanchang Q-5 aircraft in air forces around the world.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

  • At about the same time, however, they were encouraged by the sight of an enemy air attack being dealt with by the US Army's air defence — a Chaparral missile bringing down a MiG 21 Fishbed from about 2000 feet and a Vulcan battery making short work, with a rasping burst of fire, of an unwary low-flying MiG 23 Flogger.

    First Clash Macksey, Kenneth 1984

  • NATO designation for the Soviet MiG-28D, duosyllabic F group: Fishbed, Foxbat, Flogger, so forth.

    The Sinkiang Executive Hall, Adam 1978

  • The legacy fleet of lightweight Cold War era J-6 Farmer and J-7 Fishbed fighters is being replaced by newly built indigenous Chengdu J-10 'Sino-canard' fighters, modelled on the

    Latest Articles The Diplomat 2010

  • Vietnam currently has 12 Su-27 Flanker and four Su-30MK Flanker-C fighter planes, as well as 140 MiG-21bis Fishbed fighters and 53 Su-22M Fitter bombers.

    RIA Novosti 2010

  • Vietnam currently has 12 Su-27 Flanker and four Su-30MK Flanker-C fighter planes, as well as 140 MiG-21bis Fishbed fighters and 53 Su-22M Fitter bombers.

    RIA Novosti 2010

  • It has been a while since any serious new publication on the MiG-21 Fishbed appeared in the market and it seems everything on this Soviet aircraft has been said and done.

    VeryCD - 电驴资源订阅 2009

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