| February 14, 1955 |
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Maiden flight of the Ye-2 prototype (swept wing and RD-9 engine) |
| June 16, 1955 |
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Maiden flight of the Ye-4 prototype (delta wing and RD-9 engine) |
| January 9, 1956 |
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Maiden flights of the Ye-5 (delta wing and R11 engine) and Ye-50 prototypes (swept wing with RD-9 engine and
additional rocket engine S-155)
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| February 17, 1956 |
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Maiden flight of the prototype Ye-2A (swept wing and R11 engine) |
| June 24, 1956 |
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First public appearance of the Ye-2 Ye-4 and Ye-5 prototypes at Tushino air display |
| 1957 |
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Pre-series production of MiG-21 without suffix at Tbilisi |
| May 20, 1958 |
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Maiden flight of the Ye-6 (delta wing and R11 engine - prototype of the MiG-21F) |
| August 10, 1959 |
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Maiden flight of the Ye-7 (enlarged intake cone - prototype of the MiG-21PF) |
| October 31, 1959 |
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World speed record set by Ye-6/3 (E-66) over the 15/25 km course at 2388 km/h |
| Autumn 1959 |
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Start of series production at Gorki |
| March 1960 |
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Delivery of first production aircraft to Soviet Air Force |
| September 16, 1960 |
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World speed record set by Ye-6/3 (E-66) over the closed 100 km course at 2148 km/h |
| Summer 1960 |
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Start of series production at Tbilisi |
| October 17, 1960 |
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Maiden flight of the Ye-6U (prototype of the MiG-21U) |
| April 28, 1961 |
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World height record set by E-66A (additional rocket engine S-3) at 34714 m |
| Summer 1961 |
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Delivery of the first export aircraft to Czechoslovakia (pattern
aircraft for licence production) and Poland
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| April 20, 1962 |
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Maiden flight of MiG-21 (S-106 / Z-159F) from Czechoslovak production |
| 1962 |
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Start of series production at Moscow |
| January 17, 1966 |
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Maiden flight of MiG-21 (J-7) from Chinese production |
| June 16, 1966 |
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Maiden flight of the Ye-7PD (STOL with lift engines) |
| Late 1966 |
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Start of series production in India (Nasik) |
| June, 1967 |
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Start of series production in China (Chengdu) |
| March 6, 1972 |
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End of series production in Czechoslovakia |
| 1974 |
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End of series production at Moscow |
| December 30, 1978 |
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Maiden flight of the J-7II |
| 1984 |
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End of series production in India |
| 1984 |
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Maiden flight of the J-7M |
| April 26, 1984 |
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Maiden flight of the J-7III |
| 1985 |
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End of series production at Gorki |
| July, 1985 |
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Maiden flight of the JJ-7 |
| December 1986 |
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End of series production at Tbilisi |
| May, 1990 |
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Maiden flight of the J-7E |
| August, 1991 |
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Maiden flight of the J-7D (J-7IIIA) |
| May 24, 1995 |
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Maiden flight of the MiG-21 2000 |
| May 25, 1995 |
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Maiden flight of the MiG-21-93 |
| August 22, 1995 |
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Maiden flight of the MiG-21 LanceR |
| June, 2002 |
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Maiden flight of the J-7G |
| December 13, 2003 |
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Maiden flight of the JL-9 / FTC-2000 |
| May, 2013 |
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End of series production of J-7 |
| September 26, 2016 |
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End of series production of JJ-7 |