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    Airframe Family: Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed (NATO)
    Latest Model:MiG-21MF Fishbed-J (NATO)
    Last Military Serial:653 NVA
    Construction Number:965311
    Compressed ID:Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MF sn 653 NV...
    Latest Owner or Location:Flugplatzmuseum, Cottbus Airport, Cottbus, Brandenburg

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a MiG-21MF.
    Also known as Product 96A

    11 March 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Nationalen Volksarmee (National Peoples Army) with s/n 653.

    28 April 1972

    Transferred to JG-3, Preschen.

    18 April 1977

    Last flight.
    Total 359 flying hours.

    21 April 1977

    To OHS Franz Mering, Kamenz.
    As a Ground Instruction airframe.

    3 October 1990

    To Luftwaffen Museum, ex RAF Gatow, Berlin, Berlin.
    Stored in Kamenz.
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    14 June 1993

    Transported by air.
    Transported as an external load under a CH-53 to Cottbus.

    November 1997

    Loaned to Flugplatzmuseum, Cottbus Airport, Cottbus, Brandenburg.
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    14 April 2001


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    14 April 2001


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    25 May 2018


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany

    25 May 2018


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany

    20 June 2024


    Photographer: Gunther Debiscop
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     European Military Out of Service 2011 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
    Thorsten Ruchel
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