Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series, HA0182, MiG-21MF 5121, pilot Pham Tuan 921st "Soa Do", December 1972.
In the early 1970’s the Vietnam
People's Air Force 921 Sao Do was equipped with MiG-21MFs and went on to
take part flying against the U.S. “Operation Linebacker”.
On December 27, 1972 the VPAF
claim the MiG-21MF “5121” flown by Pham Tuan shot down a USAF B-52 but this is
disputed by the USAF. After the Vietnam War Pham Tuan became the first Vietnam citizen to go into space
aboard the Soyuz 37 “Gorbatko”. His MiG-21MF
“5121” is on display at the Vietnamese Air Force Museum in Hanoi.
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