picture 173349

A MiG-21F-13 (L-12) serial number 22512, as in service with 117th Fighter Regiment during the conversion of its elements to that type at Batajnica AB in the summer of 1968. The aircraft is shown armed with two R-3S missiles (colloquially known as ‘K-13’ in the RV i PVO, regardless their variant) on underwing pylons (one under each wing), a 490-litre drop-tank under the centreline, and equipped with SRO-2 IFF-antennae under the forward fuselage and atop the fin tip. (Artwork by Tom Cooper)