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    Airframe Family: Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed (NATO)
    Latest Model:MiG-21F-13 Fishbed-C (NATO)
    Last Military Serial:13 red USAF
    Construction Number:742106
    Compressed ID:Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21F-13 sn 13 r...
    Latest Owner or Location:Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a MiG-21F-13.

    From Circa 1962 to Circa 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Indonesian Air Force with s/n F-2163.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 13 red.
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    Circa 1985

    Transferred to 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron, U. S. Air Force Tonopah AFB.
    For trials use.
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    Transferred to Bolling AFB, MD.
    Part of the Soviet military hardware in the Soviet Awareness training program.

    August 1990

    To Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
    Donated by the USAF.

    10 June 1991


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Paul Garber restoration facility

    To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, VA.
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    Markings Applied: 63 red
    False Soviet Air Force markings.

    17 September 2006


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    16 September 2011


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    US Air Forces Directory (Mach III Publishing) by Ken Wardle
    Internet Sources
     Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum
    Individual Contributors
     Bill Kistler
    Robert Nichols
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