MiG-21 bisD s/n 117 and 118 in a dramatic takeoff as a pair with full afterburner on during the air-to-ground training in September 2020. Both carry four 16-shot UB-16-57UMP-73 rocket pods under their wings, but interestingly, there is nothing in them

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-21бис - РоссияRussia - 1971

MiG-21 bisD s/n 118 just moments before touching down at Pleso as it returns from an air-to-ground training flight in September 2020. It has four 16-shot UB-16-57UMP-73 rocket pods under the wings, all of them empty

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-21бис - РоссияRussia - 1971

MiG-21 bisD s/n 133, seen here returning to Pleso after a training flight as part of the QRA pair, was the single original ex-Algerian aircraft from the five acquired in Ukraine during 2014 and the last remaining in active service, the rest having been withdrawn in 2017

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-21бис - РоссияRussia - 1971

A fine study of MiG-21 bisD s/n 116 preparing to land at Pleso after a training flight. Note its special tail marking, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the HRZ, applied in December 2016

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-21бис - РоссияRussia - 1971

In July 2016, MiG-21 bis s/n 105 took on the role of a pole-mounted exhibit in the memorial park at the military barracks in Velika Buna, near Zagreb, seen here in 2020. Note its spurious three-tone paint scheme and the s/n 153 - the latter was the numerical designator of the wartime unit that used to be based here

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-21бис - РоссияRussia - 1971

Another view of MiG-21 bisD s/n 118 as it taxies at Pleso on March 7, 2018, on this occasion armed with R-60MK air-to-air missiles

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-21бис - РоссияRussia - 1971

The last two original modernised MiG-21 bisD aircraft to remain in active service were s/n 121 and 122. The latter is the oldest HRZ MiG-21 bis, seen here decelerating at Pleso in early May 2014. It is armed with a pair of R-60MK air-to-air missiles

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-21бис - РоссияRussia - 1971

MiG-21 bis s/n 105 of 21 EBA, photographed at its home base of Pleso in May 2002, shows the typical paint scheme found on ex-Soviet MiG-21 s acquired from Kyrgyzstan in 1993-1994. Note the absence of serials. This aircraft was withdrawn from service in February 2003

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-21бис - РоссияRussia - 1971

One of the five aircraft acquired from Ukraine in 2014 s/n 134 departs Pleso in August 2015. Originally sold to HRZ as an ex-Algerian Air Force aircraft, it was found to be an ex-Bulgarian aircraft, explaining why this aircraft sported a windshield found on aircraft produced in the 1980s

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-21бис - РоссияRussia - 1971

MiG-21UMD s/n 164 cycles its landing gear shortly after it took off from Pleso on an air-to-ground training flight in September 2020 armed with a pair of VAB-250 practice bombs

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-21У - РоссияRussia - 1960

The business end of the two-seat MiG-21 UMD s/n 167 as it taxies at Pleso after returning from a training flight in August 2020. Note the instructor's periscope in the extended position on top of the rear canopy

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-21У - РоссияRussia - 1960

This image, taken in early August 2014, shows MiG-21 UMD s/n 165 in the display scheme a few days after it was officially accepted into service following the overhaul in Ukraine. It has been 'undergoing maintenance' since August 2017 and is unlikely to return to service

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: МиГ МиГ-21У - РоссияRussia - 1960