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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 - the utmost longevity of scoring
Good evening Gentlemen,
I believe that the Mikoyan-Gurevich scored kills over a longer period than any other plane in history. The earliest shootdown that I know of (drones excluded) was when the Vietnamese claimed an F-105D on 7Jun1966. The latest shootdown that I know of was when on 27Feb2019 a Pakistani Air Force F-16 fighter jet was shot down by Indian air defence forces in Rajouri sector of Jammu region. A period of 52 years, 8 months and 20 days. It's virtually impossible that any plane has superseded that record. Unfortunately, I don't know the names of the pilots who claimed those two shootdowns. Does anybody of you ? Cheers, Michael |
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