{"id":23489,"date":"2025-11-26T17:45:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T22:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historicalwings.com\/?page_id=23489"},"modified":"2025-11-26T17:50:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T22:50:38","slug":"1-72-mikoyan-mig-21bis-flown-by-2nd-lt-adnan-saeed-al-fadhli-no-11-squadron-iraqi-air-force-tammuz-air-base-iraq-1980-1984","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.historicalwings.com\/?page_id=23489","title":{"rendered":"1\/72 Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-21bis, flown by 2nd Lt. Adnan Saeed al-Fadhli, No.11 Squadron, Iraqi Air Force, Tammuz Air Base, Iraq, 1980-1984."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/72 Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-21bis, flown by 2nd Lt. 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