The first modernized MiG-21 became available in March 1992 and the aircraft were allocated to Jagdgeschwader 71 ‘Richthofen’ at Wittmund and Jagdgeschwader 73 ‘Steinhoff’ at Laage, the latter also operated the MiG-29G during that time. Tactical code numbers were kept from the preliminary registrations under which most of the MiG-21’s from NVA/LSK had been taken over but written off. As a consequence, all MiG-21G had codes in in the 24 xx range but in inconsecutive order – an uncommon practice in the Luftwaffe arsenal!
This program included:
Replacement of the original Tumanskiy R25-300 engine with a slightly more powerful but much more modern, reliable and fuel-economic Turbo-Union RB199-34R Mk 103 afterburning turbofan
Modified rear fuselage through the much shorter RB-199 engine, including an elongated afterburner nozzle, an additional air intake at the fin root and an additional fuel cell in the rear fuselage
Replacement of the original Soviet RP-21M radar with an Emerson AN/APQ-159 planar array radar with a range of 20 nmi
Addition of a passive AN/ALR-23 infrared sensor under the air intake
Adaptation of the armament to Western/German standards, including the replacement of the internal GSh-23-2 gun with a single BK-27 27mm Mauser cannon, avionics for AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles and conformal chaff/flare dispensers at the base of the fin
German/English stencils and change of gauges to feet, knots and nautic miles
Air superiority paint scheme according to current ‘Norm 81’ standard
It’s a "mass "produced plane that is an event vehicle, when it should have been tech tree. If the US doesn’t have it in the tree, why should any other country have access to it?
Besides, it doesn’t belong in any other country. Nobody else used it.
The Super Tiger is a different plane from the F11F-1. It’s not in the game for anybody currently. (At any rate I’m still hoping Gaijin will see sense and add either the short-nose F11F-1 (Early) or a just a renamed F-11A in the tech tree for USA.)
Lots of Discord image links have died. Seems like Discord must be purging them (because merely not allowing hotlinking wouldn’t have been dickish enough for Discord, apparently).
At any rate, seeing as Argentina is already a de facto subtree for Germany, here’s a possibility for an intermediate option between F-4F ICE and Eurofighers:
You can add the F18E/F SH as Germany has ordered some. " *German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has told the US government that Berlin has given clearance for the Luftwaffe to acquire 45 Super Hornet and Growler aircraft."
this is outdated information, this was 5 years ago
AKK no longer is defence minister, and her sucessor’s sucessor actually got funding to order F-35As and those will be in full service in germany by the end of 2026
