Early Soviet MiG-21s were all painted in the same silver-grey overall as Su-9s. Assigned to the fighter aviation wings of the tactical aviation, they usually wore borts applied in red, which – apparently – were not outlined in black. When deployed to Cuba, the aircraft of the 32nd GIAP (re-designated as the 213th IAP during Operation Anadyr) were left in the same livery, but had their Soviet national insignia crudely overpainted in a light grey colour, and the Cuban national insignia applied, also often quite crudely, on the ruder. Nevertheless, they retained their borts. Principal armament consisted of R-3S missiles. The inset shows details of one of at least two 0-series MiG-21Fs assigned to the 213th IAP (the other was bort 09), both of which retained their narrow-chord fins, even when upgraded to the MiG-21F-13-standard. (Artwork by Tom Cooper)