MiG-21MF, German Democratic Republic, Jagdfliegergeschwader 3, Preschen Airbase, 1990
Red '687' was assigned to JG-3 based at Preschen near the town of Forst through the eighties and into the nineties. At that time, this unit operated the MiG-
21MF as well as the MiG-29, and pilots also had the MiG-21UM and MiG-29UB training versions at their disposal. This unit served in the air force of the
German Democratic Republic, which was the former communist East Germany. The JG-3 was graced with the name 'Wladimir Komarow', in honor of the
Soviet Cosmonaut who died in April, 1964, while landing in the Soyuz I capsule. This aircraft is in the collection of the Deutches Museum Flugwerft
in Oberschleissheim.
Letoun „èervená 687" patøil na sklonku 80. let a poèátku 90. let minulého století do stavu JG-3, diskolované na základnì Preschen poblíž mìsta Forst.
V té dobì jednotka létala s MiGy-21 MF a MiGy-29, piloti mìli k dispozici také dvoumístné cvièné MiGy-21 UM a MiGy-29 UB. Tato jednotka patøila do letectva
Nìmecké demokratické republiky, tedy komunistického východního Nìmecka. Nesla èestný název „Wladimir Komarow" na poèest sovìtského
kosmonauta, který zahynul v dubnu 1964 pøi pøistání kosmické lodi Sojuz 1.
Zobrazený stroj je v souèasné dobì souèástí expozice Deutsches Museum Flugwerft v Oberschleißheimu.