Wow! as of 2017, 14 Nations still Fly the Mig-21!

[Hobe Sound AK]

I was looking at a Video on www.youtube.com about the Current North Korean Air Force, and noticed that one of their Fighters, not the Top one! that was still on Duty was the Mig-21 Fishbed Fighter. Went on a Search and found out there is still 14 Countries all together still flying that Plane, as of this Year! Unreal! I would expect the Mig-23 and Mig-25, and Mig-27 to still be Flying in most of the World, but not the 21! The list is long, Egypt, Several African Countries, China, and a few others. The 1956 Fighter first flown in 1959 is still going strong! I recall also back in the early 1970s some African Nations were Flying the Mig-9.

[Altarboy]

Odd to picture an African nation flying fighters.

[l921428x]

Priorities.

[kuntryboy]

how old is the b-52?

[l921428x]

60's era

[mrkalashnikov]

how old is the b-52?

The B-52 bomber was first flown in 1952. It went into active service with the USAF in 1955. It holds the record for longest-serving use by any air force in the world, I believe.

[Full Otto]

Odd to picture an African nation flying fighters.

Head Office (1985)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091183/quotes

Pete Helmes: Who trains their flight personnel?
Max Landsberger: Well, as near as we can assess it... well... they don't actually fly the planes. They sort of roll them down hills... crashing them into each other.

[5.56NATO]

I wonder where they're getting engines for the things, either they're replacing them or they're making nowhere near rated thrust after decades of service with african engineering.

[Hobe Sound AK]

I decided to go back to the Link on Wikipedia and write down the 14 Countries as of this Year still using the Mig-21, however some such as India may soon be finally retiring theirs.
1. Croatia
2. Cuba
3. Egypt
4. India
5. Libya
6. Mali
7. Mozambique
8. North Korea
9. Romania
10. Serbia
11. Uganda
12. Yemen
13. Zambia
14. Syria

China used to use the Fighter as the F-7, now they have some Hybrid, with the front of a Mig-21, and the Tail Section looks totally Different. I think it is called the F-8? One rammed our Recon. Plane back in 2001. Paul