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- proper noun
NATO code name for theSoviet 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.
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The 37-year-old Russian MiG-21MF - codenamed "Fishbed" by NATO - was once used by the
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II) aircraft are used to represent the much-feared Soviet MiG-21 "Fishbed" and Mig-23
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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.
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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
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NATO designation for the Soviet MiG-28D, duosyllabic F group: Fishbed, Foxbat, Flogger, so forth.
The Sinkiang Executive Hall, Adam 1978
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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
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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
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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
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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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