Over time, MiG-21bis of the 115th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment wore a number of very different liveries. The earliest was actually meant for interception purposes and included an overall livery in the Soviet colour coded RC336, and simply called ‘grey’. Later, some of the aircraft were painted in beige or light stone, dark brown and black-green, as shown above, or even in this version of the ‘horns’ camouflage pattern, usually applied on MiG-21MFs exported abroad in the 1970s: this camouflage pattern consisted of beige (BS381C/388) and dark green (IBS381C/641) on upper surfaces and sides, and light admiralty grey (BS381C/697) on undersides. Furthermore, this jet received the Guards patch underneath the cockpit and an inscription in Cyrillic, indicating the pilot was from the Latvian SSR. The jet is shown armed with R-13M (inboard pylon) and R-60M air-to-air missiles, and carrying a drop tank with capacity of 800 litres under the centreline. (Artwork by Tom Cooper)