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The MiG-21 in Afghanistan - A translated gift to the community


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Hi all,

 

This is long overdue, but I'm attaching here a translated copy of the Mig-21 chapter from Vicktor Markovsky's ‘Burnt Skies of Afghanistan: Military Aviation in the Afghan War', an account of Soviet airpower in the 1979-1988 Afghan intervention.

 

In the grips of my DCS Mig-21 obsession upon release, and having served in Afghanistan myself as a young army captain, I paid a freelancer to translate the aforementioned chapter.

 

The translation isn't great, but I hope anyone that wants to make use of it can.

 

Best wishes to you all. For all of those still flying the Mig-21 on DCS, I wish you a special blessing for final approach!

 

Regards,

 

Wizz

Burnt Skies of Afghanistan MiG21- RUS-ENG.pdf

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Thanks for sharing this and thanks for ponying up the dosh to have it translated!

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... I paid a freelancer to translate the aforementioned chapter.

 

Thanks a lot, really, for sharing it with us :thumbup:

I love to read :smartass:

 

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As a lover of the MiG-21 and a member of a virtual squadron that is deeply embedded in the module, I thank you, deeply.

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Thats sweet. Thank you!

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Thank you!

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Thank you Wizz! Great stuff!

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Thanks for sharing this. It is clear the freelancer struggled with the Russian, but it is a lot of fun trying to decipher what was the original wording :)

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