A cold war MiG-21 Fishbed, that is bigger than it predecessor

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The MiG-21VY (1970; NATO "Super Fishbed")

The MiG-21VY is a supersonic fighter rarely used by the soviet union during the war of attrition in 1970, it was developed to Improve the already existing MiG-21s, they eventually ended up creating a newer fuselage and making it bigger, due to its bigger design it became slightly heavier but also adds additional hardpoint and and almost had the same aspects of its previous variants, The aircraft's present to the west was highly unknown, until in June 30 1970 were a dogfight occurred between soviet and israeli aircrafts, one israeli pilot noticed that one of the soviet fighters is larger than any of them, once the soviets began to retreat their MiGs, 2 israeli pilots spotted the MiG-21VY and shot it down, the 2 pilots recalled that the soviet aircraft is a little off from the rest of them. In the end this fighter was never produced, however in 1997 Romanians managed to find a 2nd prototype in storage, and was repaired and modernized and re-entered service in 2016, there were rumors that it was being mass produced.

Controls

Normal Flight Controls
Throttle past 95% for Afterburner
AG1: Canopy
AG2: Enable Weapons
AG3: Eject Weapons
AG4: Eject Drop tanks
AG5: Refuel Probe

Info

MiG-21VY
Role: Fighter and interceptor
National Origin: Soviet Union
Producer: Mikoyan-Gurevich
First Flight: (Unknown)
Introduction: 1970
Status: In service
Numbers Built: 2
Developed From: MiG-21MF

Notes:

the aircraft has excess amount of roll
and eats a lot of fuel when using the afterburner
the aircraft is originally meant for STOL but it became heavier and i scrapped the idea

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