698 was delivered to JBG37 at Drewitz in March 1980. The MiG was handed over to the Luftwaffe as 20+46 on 3 October 1990. The Luftwaffe serial was never taken up. It was eventually withdrawn from use at Drewitz in February 1991 and was moved to a museum at Hermeskeil in September 1998, still as 698.