February 14, 1955
Maiden flight of the Ye-2 prototype (swept wing and RD-9 engine)
June 16, 1955
Maiden flight of the Ye-4 prototype (delta wing and RD-9 engine)
January 9, 1956
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)
February 17, 1956
Maiden flight of the prototype Ye-2A (swept wing and R11 engine)
June 24, 1956
First public appearance of the Ye-2 Ye-4 and Ye-5 prototypes at Tushino air display
1957
Pre-series production of MiG-21 without suffix at Tbilisi
May 20, 1958
Maiden flight of the Ye-6 (delta wing and R11 engine - prototype of the MiG-21F)
August 10, 1959
Maiden flight of the Ye-7 (enlarged intake cone - prototype of the MiG-21PF)
October 31, 1959
World speed record set by Ye-6/3 (E-66) over the 15/25 km course at 2388 km/h
Autumn 1959
Start of series production at Gorki
March 1960
Delivery of first production aircraft to Soviet Air Force
September 16, 1960
World speed record set by Ye-6/3 (E-66) over the closed 100 km course at 2148 km/h
Summer 1960
Start of series production at Tbilisi
October 17, 1960
Maiden flight of the Ye-6U (prototype of the MiG-21U)
April 28, 1961
World height record set by E-66A (additional rocket engine S-3) at 34714 m
Summer 1961
Delivery of the first export aircraft to Czechoslovakia (pattern
aircraft for licence production) and Poland
April 20, 1962
Maiden flight of MiG-21 (S-106 / Z-159F) from Czechoslovak production
1962
Start of series production at Moscow
January 17, 1966
Maiden flight of MiG-21 (J-7) from Chinese production
June 16, 1966
Maiden flight of the Ye-7PD (STOL with lift engines)
Late 1966
Start of series production in India (Nasik)
June, 1967
Start of series production in China (Chengdu)
March 6, 1972
End of series production in Czechoslovakia
1974
End of series production at Moscow
December 30, 1978
Maiden flight of the J-7II
1984
End of series production in India
1984
Maiden flight of the J-7M
April 26, 1984
Maiden flight of the J-7III
1985
End of series production at Gorki
July, 1985
Maiden flight of the JJ-7
December 1986
End of series production at Tbilisi
May, 1990
Maiden flight of the J-7E
August, 1991
Maiden flight of the J-7D (J-7IIIA)
May 24, 1995
Maiden flight of the MiG-21 2000
May 25, 1995
Maiden flight of the MiG-21-93
August 22, 1995
Maiden flight of the MiG-21 LanceR
June, 2002
Maiden flight of the J-7G
December 13, 2003
Maiden flight of the JL-9 / FTC-2000
May, 2013
End of series production of J-7
September 26, 2016
End of series production of JJ-7
19. December 2024
End of MiG-21's service in Europe