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3. A repeat from March 2014

Reply to jakeXT (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2015, 03:10 AM

Jan 2015

It's a Vietnam era Mig-21, a short-range missile carrying dogfighter. Vintage and very low-tech. At one time it was considered to be a worthy adversary, but it's ill suited for the air-to-ground roll.

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