MiG=21 Cold War Warrior HANS-HEIRI STAPFERMiG-21 Cold War Warrior Front cover illustration: A formation flight of Polish ‘MiG-21PFMs, The ‘Fishbed’ is in operational service in all WarPac countries and is still the backbone of all the Soviet’ Union's satellite ‘countries’ air forces, Back cover illustrations: Top, MiG-21PF of the Luft steitkrafte der Nationalen Volksarmee high over the German Democratic Repub lic, Both aircraft are equip ped with AA2 ‘Atoll dummy barrels, which record if the ‘target’ has been destroyed or not Below, Polish pilots return from a mission in their MiG-21MFs, The life-jacket fs carried on all operations near or over the Baltic Sea.1. Natural metal MiG-21R armed with two K-13A AA-2 ‘Atoll’ missiles. Although this is a reconnaissance variant, the centre-line recce pod is missing. The RWR od on the wingtip clearly denotes the MiG-21R. The MiG-21 ‘Fishbed’ is the most widely produced modem fighter in the world and serves with many nations in Europe, Central America, Asia and Africa. [Lech Zila skowski]