The Mysterious Origin of the MiG Fighter Jet
One of the most widely distributed export fighter aircraft in history, the MiG-21 remains active with many countries.
Here’s What You Need to Remember: Just like Korea, this war was a way for each global bloc to test each other s technologies. Here is what happened.
During the protracted air war in the skies over Vietnam, two fighter interceptor and air superiority planes emerged as the most prominent aircraft of their type. These were the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom and the Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21. When these supersonic fighters met in combat, the skills of the individual pilots and sometimes sheer luck were often the deciding factors, and more than 40 years after the end of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War debate continues as to the accuracy of kill ratios and claims made by both the sides.