To compensate for the considerable advantages the F-4 Phantoms had over MiG-21s, the North Vietnamese developed innovative hit-and-run tactics.
Certainly it's a bird that looks better up on stilts, possibly in a museum, rather than trying to fight the ROK's superior F-15K.
The oldest aircraft in North Korea's fleet are Soviet-era jets designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau, which are commonly referred to as MiGs. The MiG-21, produced between 1959 and 1985 ...